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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An indigenous ethnic group of Argentina who historically inhabited the region now known as the Pampas of the Central Chaco. plural, plural-only

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A lake in North Sumatra, Indonesia.
2. 2
   A city in Mie Prefecture, Japan.
3. 3
   A volcano in North Sumatra, Indonesia.
4. 4
   An ethnic group who traditionally lives south and east of Lake Toba, North Sumatra.

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Example

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"It’s said that the Toba supervolcano spewed some 2,800 cubic kilometers of material."

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 鳥羽 (Toba).

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.