The Merina people (also known as the Imerina, Antimerina, Hova, Borizany or Ambaniandro) formerly called Amboalambo are the largest ethnic group in Madagascar...

The Kingdom of Merina, also known as the Kingdom of Madagascar and officially the Kingdom of Imerina (Malagasy: Fanjakan'Imerina; c. 1540–1897), was a...

slave raids. The Merina then reversed the historical enslavement their people had faced, and began supplying slaves. Though the Merina were never to annex...

Bara, Vezo, Betsimisaraka, Mahafaly, etc. The Merina are further divided into two subgroups. The “Merina A” are the Hova and Andriana, and have an average...

preserved. While the term and concept of Andriana is associated with the Merina people of Madagascar, the term is not limited to them. The use of the word...

Palauan people, with colourfully decorated gables Besakana of the Merina people Balé meten of the Balinese people Bahay kubo of the Tagalog people Māori...

Antananarivo and the old heartland of the Merina Kingdom is located, speaks the Merina dialect. The Merina dialect is the basis of Standard Malagasy,...

leatherworker strata within the Zaghawa people is similar to those found in nearby Fur people. The Merina people are the largest ethnic group in Madagascar...

Consequently, there are 18 or more classified peoples of Madagascar, the most numerous being the Merina of the central highlands. Until the late 18th...

Makis, are based here. Antananarivo was historically the capital of the Merina people, who continue to form the majority of the city's 1,274,225 (2018 Census)...

It was one of the most literate provinces and was dominated by the Merina people. Along with the other five provinces, it was abolished in 2007 after...

Bezaha, where some of the Antanosy moved after the Merina people conquered Anosy. An estimated 360,000 people identify as Antanosy as of 2013. The Antanosy...

clashes and in the coastal provinces the Merina people were subject to attacks. Murders of people belonging to the Merina community were also reported. Peace...

this had historically been a key source of wealth and armaments for the Merina monarchy. Through aggressive military campaigns he successfully united two-thirds...

unification of Madagascar under Merina rule. Andrianampoinimerina is a cultural hero and holds near mythic status among the Merina people, and is considered one...

and develop an army. She had a standing army of between 20,000 and 30,000 Merina soldiers, whom she deployed to pacify outlying regions of the island and...

slaves, were one of the three principal historical castes among the Merina people of Madagascar, alongside the social strata called the Andriana (nobles)...

General Gilles Andriamahazo (5 May 1919 – 13 September 1989) was a Malagasy general and political figure. He served as the head of state of Madagascar...

said: "Africans deserve to use medicines tested to the same standards as people in the rest of the world". The African Union has sought to test the technical...

before his assassination in office. He was born in 1931 and was a Merina from a Merina family. A graduate of the French Saint Cyr military college, Ratsimandrava...

free commoners, were one of the three principal historical castes in the Merina Kingdom of Madagascar, alongside the Andriana (nobles) and Andevo (slaves)...

the Commander of a Naval Base 1:20 Masthead pennant 2:3 Flag of the Merina people (since 1997) 2:3 Flag of the Antankarana Kingdom 2:3 Flag of the Antongil...

national status of Merina Malagasy is largely due to the unification efforts undertaken by King Andrianampoinimerina of the Merina people in the early 19th...

a lover of his mother, Andriamihaja, a progressive young officer of the Merina army who the queen may have been tricked into putting to death by conservative...

to denote nobility in various ethnicities in Madagascar: including the Merina, the Betsileo, the Betsimisaraka, the Tsimihety, the Bezanozano, the Antambahoaka...

Albania and North Macedonia Hill people, who live in hills and mountains Merina people, an ethnic group from the central plateau of Madagascar Montagnard (Vietnam)...

nacionalni simboli, Alfa, Hrvatski institut za povijest, Zagreb, 2010. Merina local flag (Madagascar). Flags of the World (2015-05-20). Retrieved on 2017-10-17...

the sixth President of Madagascar from 2002 to 2009. Born into a farming Merina family in Imerinkasinina, near the capital city of Antananarivo, Ravalomanana...

Zanadralambo ("sons of Ralambo") caste of the Merina andriana (nobles). When the French colonized Madagascar in 1897, Merina nobles including Rabearivelo's mother...

Joseph Raseta (December 9, 1886 – November 5, 1979) was a Malagasy physician, politician, and intellectual who co-founded the Democratic Movement for Malagasy...