Ibibio

[ ib-uh-bee-oh ]

noun,plural I·bi·os, (especially collectively) I·bi·o for 1.
  1. a member of a people of southeastern Nigeria.

  2. the Benue-Congo language of the Ibibio people, very closely related to Efik.

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Ibibio

/ (ɪˈbɪbɪəʊ) /


noun
  1. plural -os or -o a member of a Negroid people of SE Nigeria, living esp in and around Calabar

  2. Also called: Efik the language of this people

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