Luba
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Lubas,
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Luba
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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.
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Also called Chiluba, Ciluba, Tshiluba. the Bantu language of the Luba, used as a lingua franca in the S Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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a member of a Negroid people of Africa living chiefly in the S Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaïre)
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Also called: Tshiluba. the language of this people, belonging to the Bantu group of the Niger-Congo family
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Luba Golosinskiy got a master class in bulk shopping and home cooking by watching her mother feed their large family.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
“Love it or hate it, starting pitching in the Postseason is arguably the most important piece to have,” Rachel Luba tweeted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2023
“Trevor Bauer categorically denies this woman’s unhinged allegations,” the player’s co-agents, Jon Fetterolf and Rachel Luba, said in a statement Wednesday.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 14, 2023
Central to this show are lukasas, or memory boards, made by Congo’s Luba people.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 3, 2023
“No, you’re not here. So legally I can’t claim you; to make anything I’ll have to claim Luba Luft and Garland.”
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
Riley Lubas, 20, came down with a bad cold in March 2025 in his first year at university, and took two over-the counter medicines without realising they both contained paracetamol.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
His parents, Chris, 40 and Kate Lubas, 39, raced from Newport to be with their son.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Gen. John Lubas, the 101st Airborne deputy commander, has said the accident occurred while the helicopters were flying and not during a medical evacuation drill.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 4, 2023
Army officials said they did not yet clearly understand how the accident occurred, Lubas told reporters.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 30, 2023
He walked along by the cliffs that are at the verge of the sea; southward past Scalpsie and Lubas and Barr, then inland to the little chapel of St. Blane's.
From The Thirsty Sword by Robert Leighton
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