| 释义 |
Mossi|ˈmɒsɪ|
Also Moshi, Mosi. Pl. Mossi, Mossis.
The name of a Negroid people living in Upper Volta in West Africa. Also attrib.
1858H. Barth Trav. N. & Cent. Afr. IV. 551 The strongest among these pagan kingdoms..is that of the Mósi, although the country is split into a number of small principalities..paying only some slight homage to the ruler of the principality of Wóghodogó. 1911F. W. H. Migeod Lang. W. Afr. I. i. 38 The powerful nation of the Moshis and other kindred tribes evidently prevented the extension of the Nta in a northerly direction. 1930C. G. Seligman Races of Afr. iii. 63 The Mossi are agriculturalists, with millet as the staple crop. 1959Chambers's Encycl. XIV. 197/2 Upper Volta..was originally created..in order to stimulate the economic development of the densely peopled Mossi country lying north..of the British Gold Coast. 1964E. A. Nida Toward Sci. Transl. iii. 54 The Mossis of Haute Volta in West Africa speak of most emotional states in terms of the heart. |