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Lu⋅ba

[loo-buh]
–noun, plural -bas, (especially collectively) -ba for 1.
1. 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.
2. 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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Lu·ba   (lōō'bə)   
n.   pl. Luba or Lu·bas
  1. A member of a Bantu people inhabiting southeast Congo (formerly Zaire).

  2. The Bantu language of this people. Also called Tshiluba.

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