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Ovambo

noun Ovam·bo \ ō-ˈvam-(ˌ)bō , -ˈväm- \

Definition of Ovambo

plural Ovambo or Ovambos
1 : a member of a Bantu people of northern Namibia
2 : the Bantu language of the Ovambo people

First Known Use of ovambo

1853

in the meaning defined at sense 1

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