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)

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

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

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