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LUBA (luba)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Luba mean?
• LUBA (noun)
The noun LUBA has 2 senses:
1. a member of a Bantu people in southeastern Congo
2. a Bantu language spoken in southeastern Congo
Familiarity information: LUBA used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A member of a Bantu people in southeastern Congo
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Chiluba; Luba
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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A Bantu language spoken in southeastern Congo
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
Luba; Tshiluba
Hypernyms ("Luba" is a kind of...):
Bantoid language; Bantu (a family of languages widely spoken in the southern half of the African continent)
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