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Ibo

noun \ ˈē-(ˌ)bō \
variants: or play \ˈig-(ˌ)bō\

Definition of Ibo

plural Ibo or Ibos or Igbo or Igbos
1 : a member of a people of the area around the lower Niger in Africa
2 : the languages of the Ibo people

Origin and Etymology of ibo

Ibo Ìgbo the Ibo language

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