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Luba

[ loo-buh ]

noun

, plural Lu·bas, (especially collectively) Lu·ba
  1. a member of any of various groups of agricultural and hunting people inhabiting the SE Democratic Republic of the Congo, some of whom are famous for their wood carvings.
  2. Also called Chiluba, Ciluba, Tshiluba. the Bantu language of the Luba, used as a lingua franca in the S Democratic Republic of the Congo.


Luba

/ ˈluːbə /

noun

  1. Luba a member of a Negroid people of Africa living chiefly in the S Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaïre)
  2. Also calledTshiluba the language of this people, belonging to the Bantu group of the Niger-Congo family
“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

The film focuses on two Ukranian teens, Raya and Luba, who are lured into slavory by promises of a hotel job.

Neither guns nor native traders are admitted into the country, the chief of Luba entertaining a dread of innovation.

It is called here "Mosunda a maluzé," or leech of the rivers; "Luba" is the Zanzibar name.

The natives are members of 695 the Luba-Lunda group of Bantus.

"Let's just say that your masterful, explosive approach was irresistible," Luba said.

Luba Ardanko was, perfectly obviously, altogether too fast for him.

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