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LUBA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: luba   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A Bantu language spoken in southeastern Congo

Synonyms:

Luba; Tshiluba

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Luba" is a kind of...):

Bantoid language; Bantu (a family of languages widely spoken in the southern half of the African continent)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A member of a Bantu people in southeastern Congo

Synonyms:

Chiluba; Luba

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Luba" is a kind of...):

Bantu (a member of any of a large number of linguistically related peoples of Central and South Africa)

Holonyms ("Luba" is a member of...):

Belgian Congo; Congo; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Zaire (a republic in central Africa; achieved independence from Belgium in 1960)

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