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YORUBA

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba in southwestern Nigeria

Synonyms:

Aku; Yoruba

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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

Kwa (a group of African language in the Niger-Congo group spoken from the Ivory Coast east to Nigeria)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A member of a West African people living chiefly in southwestern Nigeria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

Nigerian (a native or inhabitant of Nigeria)

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