Oromo
Americannoun
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Oromos,
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Oromo
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a member of a nomadic, pastoral people of Ethiopia and Kenya.
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the Cushitic language of the Oromo.
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of Oromo
First recorded in 1865–70; from Oromo; perhaps from ormu “men,” a self-designation
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The OLF used to be an armed group but laid down its weapons in 2018 after Abiy Ahmed, an ethnic Oromo, became prime minister.
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2024
“We’re Oromo, we’re the same community,” Sorete Getachew said of her reason for attending.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 30, 2024
The rebels are known as the Oromo Liberation Army, an outlawed splinter group of the Oromo Liberation Front that was formerly a banned opposition party.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 21, 2023
Oromos, who account for more than a third of Ethiopia's 110 million people, hoped their lot would improve under Abiy, whose father is Oromo.
From Reuters ● Apr. 25, 2023
Great among the Oromo is the veneration for the old.
From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by William Graham Sumner
Although the Irreecha has its roots in indigenous faith systems, it is now observed by the majority of Oromos, regardless of their religion.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2025
Many Oromos hoped that their situation would improve after they helped Abiy come to power, but have since become disenchanted with the prime minister.
From Reuters ● Oct. 27, 2022
Al-Shabab has trained several thousand fighters for its Ethiopian “command,” mainly ethnic Somalis and Oromos inside Ethiopia, Bryden asserted.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 5, 2022
Those protests were stoked by Oromos who felt that they had been sidelined politically and economically, even though they were Ethiopia’s largest ethnic group.
From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 2022
What spurred him into action was an advert in the Oromia region, where most Oromos live as the country is divided into ethnically based states.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2022
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