Igbo

Igbo

See also: igbo

English

Alternative forms

• Ibo

Etymology

From Igbo Ìgbò.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈiːbəʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈiboʊ/, /ˈiɡ.boʊ/
• Rhymes: (UK) -iːbəʊ
• Hyphenation: Ig‧bo

Noun

Igbo (plural Igbos or Igbo)

1. A member of a people of southeast Nigeria.

Translations

a member of the Igbo people

Armenian: իբո (hy) (ibo) Igbo: please add this translation if you can Portuguese: ibo (pt) m or f, igbo (pt) m or f Russian: и́гбо (ru) (ígbo), и́бо (ru) (íbo)

Proper noun

Igbo

1. The language spoken by the Igbo people and elsewhere in southern Nigeria.
   • 2019, Chigozie Obioma, An Orchestra of Minorities, Abacus (2019), page 180:

     Surprised by her switch to Igbo, he did not speak.

Translations

language spoken by Igbo people

Armenian: իբո (hy) (ibo) Chinese: Mandarin: 伊博語／伊博语 (Yībóyǔ), 伊格柏語／伊格柏语 (Yīgébóyǔ) Finnish: igbo (fi) French: igbo (fr), ibo (fr) Igbo: asụsụ Ndi Igbo Irish: Íogbóis f Japanese: イボ語 (Ibo-go), イグボ語 (Igubo-go) Portuguese: ibo (pt) m, igbo (pt) m Russian: и́гбо (ru) m (ígbo), и́бо (ru) m (íbo) Swahili: Kiigbo Swedish: igbo (sv)

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code ig, ISO 639-3 code ibo (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Igbo, ibo ⁠

Anagrams

• Gobi, big O, biog, biog., gobi