uhuru
[ oo-hoo-roo; English oo-hoor-oo ]
nounSwahili.
freedom; independence.
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How to use uhuru in a sentence
Interestingly, as Azad means “freedom” in Arabic, Urdu, Farsi, Turkish, and other languages, "uhuru" means "freedom" in Swahili.
British Dictionary definitions for uhuru
uhuru
/ (uːˈhuːruː) /
noun(esp in E Africa)
national independence
freedom
Origin of uhuru
1C20: from Swahili
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