plural Yoruba or Yorubas
: a Niger-Congo language of southwestern Nigeria and parts of Benin and Togo
also
: a member of any of the Yoruba-speaking peoples of this region
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In Liberia, as well as among members of the Yoruba people in Nigeria, young people bend their knees slightly or—if the older person is seated—drop to one or both knees to honor their elders.
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Chris Ciolli, AFAR Media, 15 July 2025
Femi’s narration serves as a sort of conduit between Wizkid and Fela, the seventies icon who blended jazz, funk, and traditional Yoruba music into Afrobeat, without an ‘S,’ like the modern Nigerian pop music Wizkid makes.
—Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2025
The congregation’s 150–200 weekly worshipers were almost all Yoruba people from the Nigerian immigrant community.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 12 June 2025
Set in a rural Yoruba village in Nigeria, the film follows 11-year-old Musa, a boy with palilalia who dreams of becoming a cardiologist.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 22 May 2025
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Chris Ciolli, AFAR Media, 15 July 2025
Femi’s narration serves as a sort of conduit between Wizkid and Fela, the seventies icon who blended jazz, funk, and traditional Yoruba music into Afrobeat, without an ‘S,’ like the modern Nigerian pop music Wizkid makes.
—Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2025
The congregation’s 150–200 weekly worshipers were almost all Yoruba people from the Nigerian immigrant community.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 12 June 2025
Set in a rural Yoruba village in Nigeria, the film follows 11-year-old Musa, a boy with palilalia who dreams of becoming a cardiologist.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 22 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for Yoruba
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“Yoruba.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Yoruba. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.
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