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imagist (iou) and Bamako (sh)


imagist (iou)



imagist noun & adjective. Also Imagist. E20.
[from IMAGE noun + -IST.]
A. noun.
A member of a group of early 20th-cent. poets who, in revolt against romanticism, sought clarity of expression through the use of precise images. E20.
Philosophy. A conceptualist who believes that universals exist as mental images as opp. to mental concepts. M20.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Of or pertaining to imagists or imagism. E20.
imagism noun the doctrine or practice of imagists E20.
ima'gistic adjective of or pertaining to imagism E20.
ima'gistically adverb M20.

Bamako (sh)




City pop.

, 1996: metro area, 809,552), capital of Mali. Located in southwestern Mali on the Niger River, it was a settlement of a few hundred inhabitants when it was occupied by the French in 1880. It became the capital of the former colony of French Sudan in 1908. Now spanning both sides of the river, it has several colleges and most of Mali's industrial enterprises. The city more than tripled in size in the 1960s, largely because of rural migration from drought-stricken areas of the countryside.