Luba
Americannoun
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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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The DIY SOS presenter and his partner Luba Mushtuk were due to perform the Charleston to Rain on the Roof from the film Paddington 2.
From BBC • Oct. 5, 2024
“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
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
Luba Luft’s body fell forward, facedown, in a heap.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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