LIMBA

Meaning of LIMBA in English

[Haitian] One of the Haitian loa, believed to live among the rocks. He has an insatiable appetite and persecutes and kills people, and eat them. Even his own devotees are not safe from his hunger.

Encyclopedia Mythica English dictionary. Английский энциклопедический словарь греческой мифологии. 2012

LIMBA — noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1943 a tall whitish-trunked West African tree ( Terminalia superba ) with straight-grained wood, the …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LIMBA — I. ˈlimbə noun ( plural limba or limbas ) Usage: usually capitalized 1. a. : a peasant people of Sierra …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LIMBA — /lim"beuh/ , n. 1. an African tree, Terminalia superba, having yellowish-brown wood. 2. the wood of this tree. [ 1935-40; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LIMBA — noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1943 1. : a tall whitish-trunked West African tree ( Terminalia superba ) with straight-grained …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LIMBA — [lim.ba] n [origin unknown] (1943) 1: a tall whitish-trunked West African tree (Terminalia superba) with straight-grained wood 2: the wood …
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LIMBA — /ˈlɪmbə/ noun = afara
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LIMBA — Pronunciation: ' lim-b ə Function: noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1943 1 : a tall whitish-trunked West African tree ( …
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LIMBO — I. noun (plural ~s) Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin, ablative of limbus ~, from Latin, border Date: 14th century …
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KORINA — noun see limba II
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LIMBO
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FUNDI — I. fundi plural of fundus II. fun·di ˈfəndē noun ( -s ) Etymology: perhaps from Limba fandi ha grass : …
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WEST-ATLANTIC — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun Usage: capitalized W&A : a branch of the Niger-Congo family of languages including Wolof, Serer, Balante, Limba, Temne, …
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KORINA — kəˈrēnə trademark — used for limba wood
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FRAKE — ˈfrāk noun ( -s ) Etymology: probably native name in Africa : limba
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AFARA — əˈfärə noun ( -s ) Etymology: Yoruba a 2 fa 3 ra 3 : h , 2 limba
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LIMBO
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LIMBO — I. ˈlim-(ˌ)bō noun ( plural limbos ) Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin, ablative of limbus limbo, from Latin, border …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LIMBO — [lim.bo] n, pl limbos [ME, fr. ML, abl. of limbus limbo, fr. L, border] (14c) 1 often cap: an abode …
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CENTRAL AFRICA, HISTORY OF — history of the region from the time of early humans to the present. Central Africa consists of three parallel belts …
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ZIONIST CHURCH — any of several prophet-healing groups in southern Africa; they correspond to the independent churches known as Aladura (q.v.) in Nigeria, …
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STATISTICS: SIERRA LEONE
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SIERRA LEONE, FLAG OF — horizontally striped green-white-blue national flag. Its width-to-length ratio is 2 to 3. Sierra Leone, which was founded in the late …
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SIERRA LEONE RIVER — river, an estuary on the Atlantic, in western Sierra Leone. Formed by Port Loko Creek and the Rokel River, it …
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SIERRA LEONE — officially Republic of Sierra Leone republic of western Africa. Facing the Atlantic Ocean to the west with a coast 210 …
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MAMOU — town, west-central Guinea. Located on the Conakry-Kankan railway and at the intersection of roads from Kindia, Dalaba, Dabola, and Faranah, …
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ATLANTIC LANGUAGES — formerly West Atlantic languages branch of the Niger-Congo language family spoken primarily in Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, …
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ANGOLA, HISTORY OF — history of the area from prehistoric and ancient times to the present. The Stone Age population of Angola was very …
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AFRICAN ARTS — the visual, performing, and literary arts of native Africa, particularly of sub-Saharan, or black, Africa. The arts include the media …
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AFARA — / əˈfɑːrə; NAmE / (also limba /ˈlɪmbə/) noun 1. [ C ] a tall tree that grows in W Africa …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OTHERWISE — adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES pretend otherwise ▪ I can’t marry her and to pretend otherwise would be wrong. COLLOCATIONS …
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INCOMPETENT — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADVERB as ▪ An adoring right-wing press gave him his platform to denounce 15,000 teachers …
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VESTIGIAL — [adjective] [not gradable]Although the central government has some vestigial (= a small amount of) authority, power has largely passed to …
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