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YORUBA

• YORUBA (noun)
The noun YORUBA has 2 senses:

1. a member of a West African people living chiefly in southwestern Nigeria
2. a Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba in southwestern Nigeria

Familiarity information: YORUBA used as a noun is rare.

• YORUBA (noun)

Sense 1

Yoruba ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

A member of a West African people living chiefly in southwestern Nigeria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Yoruba" is a kind of...):

Nigerian (a native or inhabitant of Nigeria)

Sense 2

Yoruba ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba in southwestern Nigeria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Aku; Yoruba

Hypernyms ("Yoruba" is a kind of...):

Kwa (a group of African language in the Niger-Congo group spoken from the Ivory Coast east to Nigeria)

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