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Nyoro

noun
Nyo·​ro | \ ˈnyō(ˌ)rō\
plural Nyoro or Nyoros

Definition of Nyoro

1 : a Bantu-speaking people of Uganda constituting a socially and economically complex society organized as a kingdom and presumed to be cognate with the Nyankole and other neighboring peoples
2 : a Bantu language of the Nyoro people

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