Kpelle

[kuh-pel-uh]

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noun, plural Kpel·les, (especially collectively) Kpel·le for 1.

a member of an indigenous people living mainly in Liberia.
the Mande language of the Kpelle people.

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Examples from the Web for kpelle

Contemporary Examples

The youngest, Fata, only 12, danced around and pretended to be singing traditional songs from our ethnic tribal group, the Kpelle.
My Vanished Liberia
Leymah Gbowee
October 7, 2011

Historical Examples

Twins are thought by the Kpelle to do wonders; they even say that "a twin surpasses every medicine-man."
The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead
James George Frazer