Koobi Fora

[ koo-bee -fawr-uh ]

/ ˈku bi ˈfɔr ə /

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noun

an archaeological locality on the northeastern side of Lake Turkana, in northern Kenya, yielding important early hominin fossils and some of the oldest hominin areas with stone tools, bone food waste, and possible evidence of fire use, dating from 1.1–4.2 million years ago.

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Origin of Koobi Fora

First recorded in 1965–70

Words nearby Koobi Fora

Konstantinovka, Konstanz, kontakion, Konya, Koo, Koobi Fora, koodoo, kook, kookaburra, kooky, Kool-Aid

How to use Koobi Fora in a sentence

Perhaps the most robust diplomatic cover in international fora ever afforded one country by another?
The Good Life "Under The Bus"|Ali Gharib|October 2, 2012|DAILY BEAST
At Rome this was done by means of the so-called imperial fora, the latest and most splendid of which was that of Trajan.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3|Various
Fora long time they toiled in silence, in the faint hope that life still remained in the apparently dead body.
More Cargoes|W. W. Jacobs
Fora moment they did not move, struck motionless with surprise, while we stood over them, pistols in hand.
The Indiscretion of the Duchess|Anthony Hope

You hinted that you had met men who would give up everything fora fancy, he said.
The Dust of Conflict|David Goodger (goodger@python.org)
The fora and atria were overcrowded with bronze and marble statues and groups.
A Manual of the Historical Development of Art|G. G. (Gustavus George) Zerffi