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Yoruba

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Yo⋅ru⋅ba

[yawr-uh-buh, yohr-]
–noun, plural -bas, (especially collectively) -ba for 1.
1. a member of a numerous West African coastal people.
2. the language of the Yoruba, a Kwa language.

Yo⋅ru⋅ban, adjective
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Yo·ru·ba   (yôr'ə-bə, yō'rŏŏ-bä)   
n.   pl. Yoruba or Yo·ru·bas
  1. A member of a West African people living chiefly in southwest Nigeria.

  2. The Benue-Congo language of this people.

Yo'ru·ban adj.
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