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Ovambo

noun
Ovam·bo | \ō-ˈvam-(ˌ)bō, -ˈväm- \
plural Ovambo or Ovambos

Definition of Ovambo 

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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