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Definition of: Yoruba
(yō′r
·bä) noun
1. A Negro belonging to an extensive linguistic family of the African Slave Coast between the lower Niger and Dahomey rivers. Many North American Negroes are of Yoruba descent.
2. The language of the Yoruba, one of the dominant tongues of the Sudanic family.
—Yo′ru·ban adjective
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