LIMBA

Meaning of LIMBA in English

[lim.ba] n [origin unknown] (1943) 1: a tall whitish-trunked West African tree (Terminalia superba) with straight-grained wood

2: the wood of a limba

Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 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 …
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LIMBA — /ˈlɪmbə/ noun = afara
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LIMBA — [Haitian] One of the Haitian loa, believed to live among the rocks. He has an insatiable appetite and persecutes and …
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LIMBA — Pronunciation: ' lim-b ə Function: noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1943 1 : a tall whitish-trunked West African tree ( …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
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
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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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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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