A historical trading post or fort, particularly those established by European traders on African coasts during the colonial era.
From Portuguese 'feitoria' via Wolof or West African language sources, referring to trading settlements. The word traveled through colonial trade routes.
Adoulies were crucial nodes in the transatlantic slave trade and colonial commerce, and the word itself was absorbed into English vocabulary through centuries of European-African contact during the Age of Exploration.
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