Ibo

[ee-boh]

noun, plural I·bos, (especially collectively) I·bo.

a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.

the language of the Ibo, a Kwa language.

Also Igbo.

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Historical Examples of ibo

Monbutti, ruba of Mbarukukaru; ibo of the Babira; libu Babusess.
In Darkest Africa, Vol. 2; or, The quest, rescue and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria
Henry Morton Stanley
"In the Edo and Ibo stocks people only a few miles apart may not be able to communicate owing to diversity of language" (p. 141).
Man, Past and Present
Agustus Henry Keane
Ibo ad optimates, et loquar eis: ipsi enim cognoverunt viam Domini: et ecce magis hi simul confregerunt jugum, ruperunt vincula.
The Thoughts of Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal
The language of the Ibo is one of the most widely spoken on the lower Niger.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 2
Various
He wrote to a friend: "Ibo sed non redibo—I go but I shall not return," as though his fate were revealed to him.
Montreal 1535-1914 under the French Rgime
William Henry Atherton

British Dictionary definitions for ibo

Ibo

Igbo

noun

plural -bos or -bo a member of a Negroid people of W Africa, living chiefly in S Nigeria

the language of this people, belonging to the Kwa branch of the Niger-Congo family: one of the chief literary and cultural languages of S Nigeria

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