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Luba

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name from Ukrainian [in turn from Slavic]. Canada
  2. 2
    A member of any of various groups of agricultural and hunting people inhabiting the southeastern part of Democratic Republic of the Congo.
  3. 3
    A Bantu language spoken by the Luba people of central Africa; one of the two Bantu languages spoken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
  4. 4
    Ellipsis of the Luba Empire and Kingdom of Luba: a historical country in Africa. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, historical
Noun
  1. 1
    a Bantu language spoken in southeastern Congo wordnet
  2. 2
    a member of a Bantu people in southeastern Congo wordnet

Etymology

From Slavic * (English-language female given name found in Canada): From Ukrainian Люба (Ljuba)

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