- a variation of Ibo.
Igbo
Americannoun
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Igbos,
plural
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Igbo
plural
noun
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That rebellion was crushed but demands for an independent state for the Igbo people of the region continued as some Igbos continue to feel that they are marginalised by the Nigerian state.
From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2025
Mr Chukwudi told the BBC's Igbo service that an ambulance was called to Nwobu's hotel in the town of Benoni, near Johannesburg, after he was discovered alone in his room "gasping for breath".
From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2025
In the top eight he had three Hausas, two Kanuris, one Igbo, one Yoruba and one Nupe.
From BBC ● May 26, 2025
The company’s name melds their two cultures — David is of Yoruba and Igbo descent, and Jessica is Anglo-Saxon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2025
All Ugwu needed was the deep voice, the melody of the English-inflected Igbo, the glint of the thick eyeglasses.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Kanu’s trial reechoed allegations of marginalization in Nigeria’s southeast region made up of the Igbos, Nigeria’s third-largest ethnic group who are mainly Christians.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 13, 2022
Igbos make up the country's third largest ethnic group, but Nigeria has had only one Igbo leader, largely ceremonial, since it freed itself from British colonial rule in 1960.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2022
The minorities of Nigeria’s Delta region, including Ekong’s people, the Annang, had found themselves within the Republic of Biafra, a secessionist state declared by ethnic Igbos.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 2, 2021
While many Igbos believe they have been marginalised in many ways, such as being left out of key national leadership positions, the majority do not support Ipob's desire for secession.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2021
I learn that they are also called Igbos, and that they believed that after their death, the gods would return their souls to Africa.
From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass
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