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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“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
Exquisite wooden objects displayed here include oblong shields from Australia and New Guinea, spiraling European walking sticks and a striated, black and white Luba Kifwebe mask from central Africa.
From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2023
Luba goes from ostracized outsider to political leader; her daughter and her lover make the perilous journey north.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 3, 2023
And Luba Luft, Rick thought to himself, ends today.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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
Gen. John Lubas, the division’s deputy commander, said during a news conference.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 30, 2023
Army officials said they did not yet clearly understand how the accident occurred, Lubas told reporters.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 30, 2023
The helicopters crashed in a field near a residential area with no injuries on the ground, Lubas said.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 29, 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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