Askia
[ˈæskiə]Meaning
a given name recorded in African American and Indonesian use; also the title of the first ruler of the Songhai Askia dynasty
Background Story
Askia is recorded as a masculine given name in African American use and as a feminine given name in Indonesian, according to user-submitted entries on Behind the Name. The word is also the name by which Askia Muhammad Ture I, the first ruler of the Askia dynasty of the Songhai Empire, is known. The Old Frisian word from which Wiktionary derives a cognate of Old English āscian is unrelated to the name.
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