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    The Merina people (also known as the Imerina, Antimerina, or Hova; "those from the country where one can see far") are the largest ethnic group in Madagascar...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    slave raids. The Merina then reversed the historical enslavement their people had faced, and began supplying slaves. Though the Merina were never to annex...
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    Palauan people, with colourfully decorated gables Besakana of the Merina people Balé meten of the Balinese people Bahay kubo of the Tagalog people Māori...
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  • 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...
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    Consequently, there are 18 or more classified peoples of Madagascar, the most numerous being the Merina of the central highlands. Until the late 18th...
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  • Antananarivo and the old heartland of the Merina Kingdom is located, speaks the Merina dialect. The Merina dialect is the basis of Standard Malagasy,...
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    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)...
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    Radama I (category Merina people)
    this had historically been a key source of wealth and armaments for the Merina monarchy. Through aggressive military campaigns he successfully united two-thirds...
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    Andrianampoinimerina (category Merina people)
    unification of Madagascar under Merina rule. Andrianampoinimerina is a cultural hero and holds near mythic status among the Merina people, and is considered one...
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    Andry Rajoelina (category Merina people)
    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...
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    works projects and develop a standing army of between 20,000 and 30,000 Merina soldiers, whom she deployed to pacify outlying regions of the island and...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    estimates: Appalachian Americans Caucasians Gorani people Gorals Khmer Loeu Lao Sung Lao Theung Merina people Montagnard Northeast Indian Hill tribes Polish...
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    Radama II (category Merina people)
    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...
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    slaves, were one of the three principal historical castes among the Merina people of Madagascar, alongside the social strata called the Andriana (nobles)...
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    free commoners, were one of the three principal historical castes in the Merina Kingdom of Madagascar, alongside the Andriana (nobles) and Andevo (slaves)...
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    national status of Merina Malagasy is largely due to the unification efforts undertaken by King Andrianampoinimerina of the Merina people in the early 19th...
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    to denote nobility in various ethnicities in Madagascar: including the Merina, the Betsileo, the Betsimisaraka, the Tsimihety, the Bezanozano, the Antambahoaka...
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  • Richard Ratsimandrava (category Merina people)
    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...
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  • Gilles Andriamahazo (category Merina people)
    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...
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  • 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...
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  • 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)...
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  • 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...
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    Marc Ravalomanana (category Merina people)
    the sixth President of Madagascar from 2002 to 2009. Born into a farming Merina family in Imerinkasinina, near the capital city of Antananarivo, Ravalomanana...
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    largest ethnic group in Madagascar after the Merina and make up approximately fifteen percent of the Malagasy people. They occupy a large stretch of the eastern...
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