kobo

[ koh-boh ]

noun,plural ko·bo, ko·bos.
  1. a bronze coin and monetary unit of Nigeria, one 100th of a naira.

Origin of kobo

1
First recorded in 1970–75; alteration of English copper1 (in the sense “coin of low value”)

Words Nearby kobo

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How to use kobo in a sentence

  • He prays every day in the big hut to his Spirits, and many of the Bechuanas pray with him, but not kobo.

  • On the west side appeared the rocks of which kobo had told them, and which presented a most picturesque appearance.

  • All bull,” whispered kobo; “bull drink first, females wait till they done.

  • “Vaal river near now,” remarked kobo, when they paused a little before moonrise on the evening of the second day.

  • kobo might well say there was plenty of food to be obtained in the island, which seemed to them to be like an enchanted garden.