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Ibo

[ ee-boh ]

noun

, plural I·bos, (especially collectively) I·bo.
  1. a member of an Indigenous Black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
  2. the language of the Ibo, a Kwa language.


Ibo

/ ˈiːbəʊ /

noun

  1. -bos-bo a member of a Negroid people of W Africa, living chiefly in S Nigeria
  2. 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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

He wrote to a friend: "Ibo sed non redibo—I go but I shall not return," as though his fate were revealed to him.

They carry their ivory, gum-copal, and slaves to Ibo or Wibo.

He had heard from a man who came from Ibo, or Wibo, about the Bible, a large book which was consulted.

Kin Ibo, looking a little apprehensively out at the jungle, obeyed.

The language of the Ibo is one of the most widely spoken on the lower Niger.

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