Birni, a town of Bornu, Central Africa, about 100 miles W. of Lake Tsad, formerly the capital, but now almost completely in ruins. Its place has been taken by Kuka, close to the lake, with a pop. of about 60,000.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 2: Beaugency to Cataract, p. 180
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