EFIK

Meaning of EFIK in English

/ef"ik/ , n. , pl. Efiks , ( esp. collectively ) Efik for 1.

1. a member of a people of southeastern Nigeria near the mouth of the Calabar River, closely related to the Ibibio.

2. the Benue-Congo language of these people.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

EFIK — noun Date: 1849 a member of a people of southeastern Nigeria, the language of the ~ people
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
EFIK — ˈefik noun ( plural efik or efiks ) Usage: usually capitalized 1. a. : a Negro people of southeastern Nigeria …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EFIK — noun Date: 1849 1. : a member of a people of southeastern Nigeria 2. : the language of the Efik …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
EFIK — [ 'ɛfɪk ] ■ noun ( plural same) 1》 a member of a people of southern Nigeria. 2》 the Benue-Congo …
Concise Oxford English vocab
EFIK — [Ef.ik] n (1849) 1: a member of a people of southeastern Nigeria 2: the language of the Efik people
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EFIK — people inhabiting the lower Cross River in Cross River state, Nigeria; their dialect of Efik-Ibibio (in the Benue-Congo branch of …
Britannica English vocabulary
EFIK — Efik BrE AmE ˈef ɪk ▷ Efik|s s
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
EFIK — n. Pronunciation: ' e-fik Function: noun Date: 1849 1 : a member of a people of southeastern Nigeria 2 : …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
CALABAR — City (pop., 1991.: 310,839), southeastern Nigeria. Lying along the Calabar River above its confluence with the Cross River , it …
Английский словарь Британика
CUSH — I. ˈku̇sh, ˈküsh noun ( -es ) Etymology: of African origin; akin to Hausa ku 3 sha 1 thin cake …
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JOCKO — ˈjä(ˌ)kō noun or jacko ˈja(- ( -s ) Etymology: French jocko, of African origin; akin to Efik id 3 iok …
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BUCKRA — noun also buc·cra ˈbəkrə ( -s ) Etymology: Ibibio and Efik m 1 ba 1 ka 2 ra 2 , …
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ANGWANTIBO — aŋˈ(g)wäntəˌbō noun ( -s ) Etymology: Efik : a small lemur ( Arctocebus calabarensis ) of western Africa having a …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
IBIBIO — /ib"euh bee"oh/ , n. , pl. Ibibios , ( esp. collectively ) Ibibio for 1. 1. a member of a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BENUE-CONGO — /bay"nway kong"goh/ , n. a branch of Niger-Congo that comprises a large number of languages, as Efik, Tiv, and the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BUCKRA — [ 'bʌkrə ] ■ noun ( plural same or ~s ) US & W. Indian informal, chiefly derogatory a white …
Concise Oxford English vocab
ANGWANTIBO — [ əŋ'gwɒntɪbəʊ ] ■ noun ( plural ~s ) a small rare nocturnal primate of west central Africa, related to …
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BENUE-CONGO — [ 'bɛnweɪ ] ■ noun a major branch of the Niger–Congo family of languages, including Efik and Fula. Origin from …
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WESTERMANN, DIEDRICH — born June 24, 1875, Baden, Ger. died May 31, 1956, Baden, W.Ger. in full Diedrich Hermann Westermann German scholar of …
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NIGERIA, FLAG OF — vertically striped green-white-green national flag. Its width-to-length ratio is 1 to 2. From the late 17th century in what is …
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IBIBIO — people of southeastern Nigeria, mainly in the Cross River state. They speak dialects of Efik-Ibibio, a language now grouped within …
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HENSHAW, JAMES ENE — born Aug. 29, 1924, Calabar, Nigeria Nigerian playwright of Efik affiliation whose simple and popular plays treating various aspects of …
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CROSS RIVER — formerly South-eastern, state, southeastern Nigeria. What is now Cross River state was part of the former Eastern region until 1967, …
Britannica English vocabulary
CALABAR — formerly Old Calabar, town and port, capital of Cross River State, southeastern Nigeria. It lies along the Calabar River, 5 …
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AFRICAN LANGUAGESADDITIONAL READING — Istvan Fodor, The Problems in the Classification of the African Languages: Methodological and Theoretical Conclusions Concerning the Classification System of …
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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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CALYPSO — ca ‧ lyp ‧ so /kəˈlɪpsəʊ $ -soʊ/ BrE AmE noun ( plural calypsos ) [countable] [ Date: 1900-2000 ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SLAVER — I. verb EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ The dogs started racing toward us, howling and slavering. II. noun EXAMPLES FROM …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CALABAR — n. City (pop., 1991.: 310,839), southeastern Nigeria. Lying along the Calabar River above its confluence with the Cross River , …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
AFRICA — n. 25B6; noun . See list. African Peoples Acholi Mande/Mandingo Afars Mandinka Afrikaners Masai Akan Matabele Ashanti Mbuti Baganda Mende …
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ATAI — [African] A goddess of the Efik (Nigeria), wife of Abassi. She convinced her husband to allow two humans to settle …
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