Oromo

noun

Oro·​mo ȯ-ˈrō-(ˌ)mō 

ō-

plural Oromos or Oromo

1

: a member of a Cushitic-speaking people of southern Ethiopia and adjacent parts of Kenya

2

: the Cushitic language of the Oromo

Word History

Etymology

Oromo (western dialect) oromoo, a self-designation, probably from obsolete plural of orma person, stranger

First Known Use

1893, in the meaning defined at sense 1