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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