griot

Etymology 1
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Noun

 * 1) A West African storyteller who passes on oral traditions; a wandering musician and poet.

Translations

 * Baatonum: bàrɔ
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Japanese: グリオ
 * Portuguese:
 * Wolof: géwal, géwél, géwël
 * Yoruba: ọ̀pálábà, àrọ̀kin

Noun

 * 1)  A Haitian dish of fried pork.

Translations

 * Haitian Creole: griyo

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  African storyteller
 * 2)  someone who tells stories to gullible people
 * 1)  someone who tells stories to gullible people