"Yoruba" meaning in English

See Yoruba in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈjɒɹʊbə/ [UK], /ˈjɔːɹəbə/ [US] Audio: En-us-Yoruba.ogg [US]
Etymology: Borrowed from Yoruba Yorùbá. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|yo|Yorùbá}} Yoruba Yorùbá Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Yoruba
  1. A sub-Saharan language. It belongs to the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo language family, and has nearly 40 million speakers in Nigeria, Benin, Togo, and Sierra Leone, as well as communities in Brazil and Cuba. Categories (topical): Languages Translations (a sub-Saharan language): յորուբա (yoruba) (Armenian), йору́ба (jorúba) (Bulgarian), ioruba [masculine] (Catalan), 約魯巴語 (Chinese Mandarin), 约鲁巴语 (Yāolǔbāyǔ, Yuēlǔbāyǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), joruba (Finnish), yoruba [masculine] (French), yorouba [masculine] (French), ioruba [feminine] (Galician), იორუბა (ioruba) (Georgian), Yoruba [neuter] (German), Iarúibis [feminine] (Irish), ヨルバ語 (Yoruba-go) (Japanese), Èyàgi (Nupe), joruba (Polish), yoruba [feminine] (Portuguese), ioruba [masculine] (Portuguese), iorubá [masculine] (Portuguese), iorubano [masculine] (Portuguese), nagô [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), йо́ру́ба (jórúba) [masculine] (Russian), yoruba [feminine] (Spanish), nago (note: in Cuba) [masculine] (Spanish), Kiyoruba (Swahili), yoruba (Swedish), Yoruba (Turkish), Yorùbá (Yoruba) Translations (family of religions): joruba-uskonto (Finnish), Iarúbach (Irish)
    Sense id: en-Yoruba-en-name-~ahlaSjK Disambiguation of Languages: 44 16 40 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 15 44 Disambiguation of 'a sub-Saharan language': 93 7 Disambiguation of 'family of religions': 59 41
  2. An African traditional religion which spawned various offshoots in the Americas in the 15th to 19th centuries, including santería and Lucumí. (See Yoruba religion.) Categories (topical): Languages Synonyms: Yorùbá Derived forms: Yoruban, Yoruboid Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Yoruba terms
    Sense id: en-Yoruba-en-name-dzHdLr8i Disambiguation of Languages: 44 16 40 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 15 44 Coordinate_terms: agnosticism, Asatru, atheism, Ayyavazhi, Baháʼí Faith, Bon, Buddhism, Cao Dai, Cheondoism, Christianity, deism, Druidry, Druze, Eckankar, Heathenry, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Jediism, Judaism, Kimbanguism, Odinism, paganism, Pastafarianism, Raëlism, Rastafarianism, Rodnovery, Romuva, Samaritanism, Sanamahism, Shinto, Sikhism, Taoism, Tengrism, Thelema, Unitarian Universalism, Wicca, Yahwism, Yazidism, Zoroastrianism [edit] Coordinate_terms (religions): religion Disambiguation of 'religions': 30 70

Noun

IPA: /ˈjɒɹʊbə/ [UK], /ˈjɔːɹəbə/ [US] Audio: En-us-Yoruba.ogg [US] Forms: Yoruba [plural], Yorubas [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Yoruba Yorùbá. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|yo|Yorùbá}} Yoruba Yorùbá Head templates: {{en-noun|Yoruba|s}} Yoruba (plural Yoruba or Yorubas)
  1. (chiefly in the plural) A member of an ethnic group or tribe living mainly in southwest Nigeria, southern Benin, and eastern Togo and, as well as in communities elsewhere in West Africa, Brazil and Cuba. Tags: in-plural Categories (topical): Ethnonyms, Languages Derived forms: Yorubaland, Yorubian, Yorubic
    Sense id: en-Yoruba-en-noun-kfmKKTSL Disambiguation of Ethnonyms: 29 17 55 Disambiguation of Languages: 44 16 40 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 15 44

Alternative forms

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      "word": "yoruba"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a sub-Saharan language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "yorouba"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "a sub-Saharan language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ioruba"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ioruba",
      "sense": "a sub-Saharan language",
      "word": "იორუბა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a sub-Saharan language",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Yoruba"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "a sub-Saharan language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Iarúibis"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Yoruba-go",
      "sense": "a sub-Saharan language",
      "word": "ヨルバ語"
    },
    {
      "code": "nup",
      "lang": "Nupe",
      "sense": "a sub-Saharan language",
      "word": "Èyàgi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a sub-Saharan language",
      "word": "joruba"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a sub-Saharan language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "yoruba"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a sub-Saharan language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ioruba"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a sub-Saharan language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "iorubá"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a sub-Saharan language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "iorubano"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a sub-Saharan language",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nagô"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "jórúba",
      "sense": "a sub-Saharan language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "йо́ру́ба"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a sub-Saharan language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "yoruba"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "note": "in Cuba",
      "sense": "a sub-Saharan language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nago"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "a sub-Saharan language",
      "word": "Kiyoruba"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a sub-Saharan language",
      "word": "yoruba"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a sub-Saharan language",
      "word": "Yoruba"
    },
    {
      "code": "yo",
      "lang": "Yoruba",
      "sense": "a sub-Saharan language",
      "word": "Yorùbá"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "family of religions",
      "word": "joruba-uskonto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "family of religions",
      "word": "Iarúbach"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Yoruba"
  ],
  "word": "Yoruba"
}

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