meaning of djenne
DjennÃ© or JennÃ© (both: jÄnÄÂ´), town, S central Mali, on the Bani River. It is an agricultural market center. The nearby, pre-Islamic ruins of JennÃ©-Jeno, which at its height may have been a city of more than 15,000 people, date back to 250 BC In the 13th cent., DjennÃ© itself became a great market for gold, slaves, and salt.