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Luba   /lˈubə/   Listen
Luba

noun
1.
A member of a Bantu people in southeastern Congo.  Synonym: Chiluba.
2.
A Bantu language spoken in southeastern Congo.  Synonym: Tshiluba.





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"Luba" Quotes from Famous Books



... over 200 African ethnic groups, the majority are Bantu; four largest tribes—Mongo, Luba, Kongo (all Bantu), and the Mangbetu-Azande (Hamitic) make up ...
— The 1990 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency
... on the eastern borders of Pango, at the foot of the Sierra del Crystal. In certain modern maps the Bankare fork is called "Lekure,"and is made to receive the "Bambaye." The Barbela again anastomoses with the Luba (?) or northern section of the Coango, including its influent, the Lubilash; the Kasai (Kasabi) also unites with the Coango, and other dotted lines show the drainage of the ...
— Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 • Richard F. Burton


Words linked to "Luba" :   Bantoid language, Belgian Congo, zaire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, congo, Bantu


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