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  • proper noun A people of southeast Nigeria.
  • proper noun A member of the Ibo people.
  • proper noun The language spoken by the Ibo people and elsewhere in southern Nigeria.

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Examples

  • The Igbo, sometimes especially formerly referred to as the Ibo, are a West African ethnic group numbering in the tens of millions.

    Gender Sensitivity Among Nigerian Ethnic Group « Illiteracy Articles « Articles « Literacy News 2009

  • In recent months, a Public Education Edict has gone into effect, under the direction of the federally appointed administrator of the so-called Ibo State, putting all schools under centralized state control.

    The Ibo's Plight Diamond, Stanley 1972

  • Germany's "Ibo" Evsan takes aim at Zynga with social games platform Up Web Game

    Rivva 2010

  • Third World started when keyboard player Michael "Ibo" Cooper and guitarist (and cellist) Stephen "Cat" Coore, who had originally played in The Alley Cats then Inner Circle, subsequently left to form their own band.

    AvaxHome 2010

  • New bodyhair transmaps with a lot of options together with the highres base texture set 'Ibo', but you can use the bodyhair also to enhance your favourite David texture.

    News 2009

  • In 1967, after a vicious round of Nigerian coups, counter coups, and ethnic massacres, an Ibo military governor declared independence for his people, whose land held big oil reserves.

    Peter Christian Hall: 'The Crisis Caravan': Charity's Road to Hell? Peter Christian Hall 2010

  • In 1967, after a vicious round of Nigerian coups, counter coups, and ethnic massacres, an Ibo military governor declared independence for his people, whose land held big oil reserves.

    Peter Christian Hall: 'The Crisis Caravan': Charity's Road to Hell? Peter Christian Hall 2010

  • In 1967, after a vicious round of Nigerian coups, counter coups, and ethnic massacres, an Ibo military governor declared independence for his people, whose land held big oil reserves.

    Peter Christian Hall: 'The Crisis Caravan': Charity's Road to Hell? Peter Christian Hall 2010

  • In 1967, after a vicious round of Nigerian coups, counter coups, and ethnic massacres, an Ibo military governor declared independence for his people, whose land held big oil reserves.

    Peter Christian Hall: 'The Crisis Caravan': Charity's Road to Hell? Peter Christian Hall 2010

  • In 1967, after a vicious round of Nigerian coups, counter coups, and ethnic massacres, an Ibo military governor declared independence for his people, whose land held big oil reserves.

    Peter Christian Hall: 'The Crisis Caravan': Charity's Road to Hell? Peter Christian Hall 2010

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