Orisha

//ˈɒɹɪʃɑː//

Synonyms for "orisha"

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Translations

10 translations across 8 languages.

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French

2 entries
  • oricha noun (deity in Yoruba religion)
  • orisha noun (deity in Yoruba religion)

Haitian Creole

1 entries
  • oricha noun (deity in Yoruba religion)

Japanese

1 entries
  • オリシャ noun (deity in Yoruba religion)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • orixá noun (deity in Yoruba religion)

Russian

1 entries
  • ориша noun (deity in Yoruba religion)

Spanish

2 entries
  • oricha noun (deity in Yoruba religion)
  • orisha noun (deity in Yoruba religion)

Tamil

1 entries
  • ஒரிஷா noun (deity in Yoruba religion)

Yoruba

1 entries
  • òrìṣà noun (deity in Yoruba religion)

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

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I guess that is a good way to remember you. To rememeber you as a metaphor, but not to forget the text, to embrace all the humanity of your life... like an orisha — a flesh-and-blood hero. That sounds like a good African way to remember you.

Source: wiktionary

Under the command of Olorun were also orishas, intermediaries in the Yorubic religion said to be connected between man and the supernatural.

Source: wiktionary

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