Ibo

[ ee-boh ]

/ ˈi boʊ /

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noun, plural I·bos, (especially collectively) I·bo.

a member of an Indigenous Black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.

the language of the Ibo, a Kwa language.

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Also Ig·bo

[ig-boh] /ˈɪg boʊ/ .

Words nearby Ibo

ibn Hanbal, ibn Khaldun, ibn Rushd, ibn Saud, ibn Sina, Ibo, ibogaine, Ibota privet, IBR, Ibrahim Pasha, IBRD

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How to use Ibo in a sentence

He wrote to a friend: "Ibo sed non redibo—I go but I shall not return," as though his fate were revealed to him.
Montreal 1535-1914 under the French Rgime|William Henry Atherton
They carry their ivory, gum-copal, and slaves to Ibo or Wibo.
The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868|David Livingstone
He had heard from a man who came from Ibo, or Wibo, about the Bible, a large book which was consulted.
The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868|David Livingstone
Kin Ibo, looking a little apprehensively out at the jungle, obeyed.
The World with a Thousand Moons|Edmond Hamilton

The language of the Ibo is one of the most widely spoken on the lower Niger.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 2|Various

British Dictionary definitions for Ibo

Ibo

Igbo

/ (ˈiːbəʊ) /

noun

plural -bos or -bo a member of a Negroid people of W Africa, living chiefly in S Nigeria

the language of this people, belonging to the Kwa branch of the Niger-Congo family: one of the chief literary and cultural languages of S Nigeria

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