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Awal
/AH-wal/
Fulani
· a boy’s name
“First; earliest.”
How to say it
AH-wal
Given to
Boys
Used in
Nigeria, Senegal, Guinea, Mali
How common
uncommon
Every way to write it
The name & its alternative spellings
Awal
Awwal