habu

British  

/ ˈhɑːbuː /

noun

1. a large venomous snake, Trimeresurus flavoviridis, of Okinawa and other Ryukyu Islands: family Crotalidae (pit vipers)

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Etymology

Origin of habu

from the native name originally used in the Ryukyu Islands

Example Sentences

However, social affairs analyst Habu Dauda disagreed.

From BBC

“They just come here to pick us up any time they have a job for us and pay us after we are done,” says labourer Habu Isah, who has worked on construction sites for years.

From BBC

And Kano resident Habu Shamsu agrees, telling the BBC: “I think it more encompassing and I like the way it flows.”

From BBC

The famed temples of Karnak and Medinet Habu are now guarded by giant pumps that suck groundwater away.

From New York Times

Across the Nile at Medinet Habu — a mortuary temple for the pharaoh Ramses III built around an even older temple to Amun-Ra, the ancient Egyptian sun god — a team of American archaeologists and mostly Egyptian stonemasons have been countering water damage since the 1990s.

From New York Times