English Explanatory Dictionary

Luba

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A female given name from Ukrainian [in turn from Slavic].
name
  1. A member of any of various groups of agricultural and hunting people inhabiting the southeastern part of Democratic Republic of the Congo.
  2. 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.
  3. Ellipsis of the Luba Empire and Kingdom of Luba: a historical country in Africa.

Word forms

Luba Lubas

Etymology

From Slavic * (English-language female given name found in Canada): From Ukrainian Люба (Ljuba)

Synonyms

Baluba Tshiluba

Derived words

Kingdom of Luba Luba Empire
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