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\ ˈē-(ˌ)bō 
\
\variants:
or Igbo \ ˈig-(ˌ)bō \
\ plural Ibo or Ibos or Igbo or Igbos
Definition of Ibo
1 : a member of a people of the area around the lower Niger in Africa
2 : the languages of the Ibo people
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The first known use of Ibo was in 1757
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