Igbo

See also: igbo

English

Alternative forms

• Ibo
• Eboe (obsolete)

Etymology

From Igbo Ìgbò.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈiːbəʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈiboʊ/, /ˈiɡ.boʊ/
• Rhymes: -iːbəʊ
• Hyphenation: Ig‧bo

Proper noun

Igbo (plural Igbos or Igbo)

1. A member of a people of southeast Nigeria.

Translations

a member of the Igbo people

• Armenian: իբո (hy) (ibo)
• Igbo: please add this translation if you can
• Marathi: इगबो m (igbo)
• Portuguese: ibo (pt) m or f, igbo (pt) m or f
• Russian: и́гбо (ru) (ígbo), и́бо (ru) (íbo)

Proper noun

Igbo

1. The language spoken by the Igbo people and elsewhere in southern Nigeria.
   • 2019, Chigozie Obioma, An Orchestra of Minorities, Abacus (2019), page 180:

     Surprised by her switch to Igbo, he did not speak.

Translations

language spoken by Igbo people

• Armenian: իբո (hy) (ibo)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 伊博語／伊博语 (Yībóyǔ), 伊格柏語／伊格柏语 (Yīgébóyǔ)

• Finnish: igbo (fi)
• French: igbo (fr), ibo (fr)
• Igbo: asụsụ Ndi Igbo
• Irish: Íogbóis f
• Japanese: イボ語 (Ibo-go), イグボ語 (Igubo-go)
• Marathi: इगबो f (igbo)
• Portuguese: ibo (pt) m, igbo (pt) m
• Russian: и́гбо (ru) m (ígbo), и́бо (ru) m (íbo)
• Swahili: Kiigbo
• Swedish: igbo (sv)

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code ig, ISO 639-3 code ibo (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Igbo, ibo ⁠

Anagrams

• Gobi, big O, biog, biog., gobi