Luba
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Slavic
Proper noun[edit]
Luba (plural Lubas)
- (Canada) A female given name from Ukrainian [in turn from Slavic]
Etymology 2[edit]
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Proper noun[edit]
Luba
- A member of any of various groups of agricultural and hunting people inhabiting the southeastern part of Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- Synonym: Baluba
- Hyponyms: Luba-Kantanga, Hemba, Lulua
- A Bantu language spoken by the Luba people of central Africa; one of the two Bantu languages spoken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- Synonym: Tshiluba
- Hyponyms: Luba-Kasai, Luba-Lulua
- (historical) Ellipsis of Luba Empire, Kingdom of Luba.: A historical country in Africa
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