| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Bamako |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Ba·ma·ko |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  bä m -k  |
| The capital and largest city of Mali, in the southwest on the Niger River. It was a leading center of Muslim learning under the Mali empire (c. 11th–15th century). Population: 658,275.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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