Main Entry: Oro·mo

Pronunciation: \ȯ-ˈrō-(ˌ)mō, ō-\

Function: noun

Inflected Form(s): plural Oromos or Oromo

Etymology: Oromo (western dial.) oromoo, a self-designation, probably from obsolete plural of orma person, stranger

Date: 1893

1 : a member of a Cushitic-speaking people of southern Ethiopia and adjacent parts of Kenya
2 : the Cushitic language of the Oromo