boubou

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A flowing wide-sleeved robe worn by men in much of West Africa, and to a lesser extent in North Africa.
noun
  1. Any of certain species of birds in the bushshrike genus Laniarius.

Word forms

boubou boubous

Etymology

From French boubou, from Wolof mbubb.

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