YORUBA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Yoruba mean? 

• YORUBA (noun)
  The noun YORUBA has 2 senses:

1. a member of a West African people living chiefly in southwestern Nigeria

2. a Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba in southwestern Nigeria

  Familiarity information: YORUBA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• YORUBA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of a West African people living chiefly in southwestern Nigeria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Yoruba" is a kind of...):

Nigerian (a native or inhabitant of Nigeria)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba in southwestern Nigeria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Aku; Yoruba

Hypernyms ("Yoruba" is a kind of...):

Kwa (a group of African language in the Niger-Congo group spoken from the Ivory Coast east to Nigeria)