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单词 niam-niam
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Niam-Niamn.

Brit. /ˈnjamnjam/, /ˈniːəmˌniːəm/, U.S. /ˈnjɑmˌnjɑm/, /ˈniəmˌniəm/
Inflections: Plural Niam-Niams, unchanged, (irregular) Niams-Niams.
Forms: 1800s Neam Nam, 1800s– Niam-Niam, 1900s– Njemnjem, 1900s– Nyamnyam.
Origin: Of unknown origin.
Etymology: Origin unknown. Compare French Niam-Niam (F. de Castelnau Renseignements sur l'afrique centrale et sur une nation d'hommes à queue qui s'y trouverait (1851) 6).
= Zande n.The name is not used by the people themselves and is now generally avoided in academic use.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Africa > native or inhabitant of North Africa > native or inhabitant of other regions > [noun]
Numidian?a1425
Nubianc1450
Massylian1606
catadupes1607
Mauritanian1607
Marmarican1627
Niam-Niam1861
Watusi1863
Zande1873
Twa1878
Tutsi1929
Cyrenaican1942
Ubangi1953
Chadian1960
Saharan1970
Sahrawi1976
1861 J. Petherick Egypt, Soudan & Central Afr. xxvi. 469 Attached to the girdle, a strong leather sheath containing a knife, hilt downwards, is worn by every Neam Nam.
1873 E. E. Frewer tr. G. Schweinfurth Heart of Afr. II. xiii. 3 The name Niam-niam is..so universally incorporated into the Arabic of the Soudan, that it seems unadvisable to substitute for it the word ‘Zandey’, the name by which the people are known among themselves.
1891 A. W. Buckland Anthropol. Stud. v. 59 In Africa..we find the Bushman and Hottentot in the South, and the Akkas and Niam-Niams in the centre, very small in stature and yellow in colour.
1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXI. 230/1 The Niam-Niam, or Zandeh people, as they call themselves..are now found to stretch, with interruptions, from the White Nile above the Sobat confluence to the Shari affluent of Lake Chad.
1966 R. Morris & D. Morris Men & Apes viii. 238 The Niams-Niams, apparently, still adorn themselves with colobus monkey skins wound round the waist.
1994 J. Edwards Multilingualism (1995) ii. 22 Multiple names are..particularly likely to occur... Here are some examples..Zaire..Zande..Niam-Niam.

Compounds

Niam-Niam parrot n. a central African parrot, Poicephalus crassus, with green plumage and a brownish head and nape.
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1952 C. W. Mackworth-Praed & C. H. B. Grant Birds E. & N.E. Afr. I. 544 Niam-Niam Parrot. Poicephalus crassus (Sharpe).
1980 J. G. Williams Field Guide Birds E. Afr. (1989) 100 The rare and little-known Niam-Niam Parrot..which occurs in the south-western Sudan..has the greyish-brown of the head extended on to the chest.
1995 N. Wheatley Where to Watch Birds in Afr. 74 Waza National Park [in Cameroon]... Specialities. Arabian Bustard, Niam-Niam Parrot, [etc.].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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