Ibo

[ ee-boh ]

noun

, plural I·bos, (especially collectively) I·bo.

1. a member of an Indigenous Black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
2. the language of the Ibo, a Kwa language.

Ibo

/ ˈiːbəʊ /

noun

1. -bos-bo a member of a Negroid people of W Africa, living chiefly in S Nigeria
2. the language of this people, belonging to the Kwa branch of the Niger-Congo family: one of the chief literary and cultural languages of S Nigeria

Example Sentences

He wrote to a friend: "Ibo sed non redibo—I go but I shall not return," as though his fate were revealed to him.

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They carry their ivory, gum-copal, and slaves to Ibo or Wibo.

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He had heard from a man who came from Ibo, or Wibo, about the Bible, a large book which was consulted.

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Kin Ibo, looking a little apprehensively out at the jungle, obeyed.

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The language of the Ibo is one of the most widely spoken on the lower Niger.

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