Yoruba
[yawr-uh-buh, yohr-]
- a member of a numerous West African coastal people.
- the language of the Yoruba, a Kwa language.
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Examples from the Web for yoruba
Contemporary Examples
This is why Americans speak English even though more of us are ethnically German or Yoruba.
And Marta Moreno Vega, an Afro-Caribbean expert on Yoruba philosophy, seems to dare you to sum up her ethnicity.
Historical Examples
The Yoruba country is between the other two I have mentioned.
The Three MidshipmenW.H.G. Kingston
The Yoruba country was the chief scene of their hunting expeditions.
Tales of the SeaW.H.G. Kingston
In the Egba tribes of the Yoruba country they become objects of worship.
Fetichism in West AfricaRobert Hamill Nassau
Whether or no to place Benin with Yoruba or with Calabar is a problem.
West African studiesMary Henrietta Kingsley
There is, no doubt, a very close connection between it and Yoruba.
West African studiesMary Henrietta Kingsley
Yoruba
- plural -bas or -ba a member of a Negroid people of W Africa, living chiefly in the coastal regions of SW Nigeria: noted for their former city states and complex material culture, particularly as evidenced in their music, art, and sculpture
- the language of this people, belonging to the Kwa branch of the Niger-Congo family
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