habu

/ ˈhɑːbuː /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of habu¹

from the native name originally used in the Ryukyu Islands

Example Sentences

“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.

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

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An explosion ripped through Private Habu Sadiq’s eyes.

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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.

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Humans unintentionally caused another noticeable change in recent years: Pigeons have come to roost all over Medinet Habu, streaking the walls with their acidic droppings, which damage the stone.

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