EFIK

Meaning of EFIK in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈe-fik ]

noun

Date: 1849

1. : a member of a people of southeastern Nigeria

2. : the language of the Efik people

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary. Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster. 2003

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