English Explanatory Dictionary

Krio

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. A creole language based on English/Jamaican Creole spoken by around 500,000 people mainly in Sierra Leone.

Word forms

Krio

Etymology

Borrowed from Krio Krio, from Portuguese crioulo (“creole”). Doublet of Creole, Criollo, and Crioulo.

Related words

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