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Efik

[ef-ik]
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noun, plural Ef·iks, (especially collectively) Ef·ik for 1.
  1. a member of a people of southeastern Nigeria near the mouth of the Calabar River, closely related to the Ibibio.
  2. the Benue-Congo language of these people.
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Historical Examples

  • She is given plenty of food, and made as fat as possible, as fatness is looked upon as a great beauty by the Efik people.

    Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria, West Africa

    Elphinstone Dayrell

British Dictionary definitions for efik

Efik

noun
  1. plural Efiks or Efik a member of a subgroup of the Ibibio people of SE Nigeria
  2. the language spoken by this people, variously classified as belonging to the Benue-Congo or Kwa divisions of the Niger-Congo family
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