Efik

[ef-ik]

noun, plural Ef·iks, (especially collectively) Ef·ik for 1.

a member of a people of southeastern Nigeria near the mouth of the Calabar River, closely related to the Ibibio.

the Benue-Congo language of these people.

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Historical Examples of efik

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

plural Efiks or Efik a member of a subgroup of the Ibibio people of SE Nigeria

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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