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- noun Plural form of
oba .
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Examples
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Some Benin kings, or "obas," paid Portuguese tutors to educate their children and kept artists at the palace to craft brass-cast artworks that touted Benin's wealth.
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Decline of the obas with a series of internal power struggles; slave trade temporarily disrupted 1720 but restored 1740s..
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However, there are periodical reliefs, which enable them to return to their obas or encampments.
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It was reliably gathered from one of the kingmakers, Chief M. A Olaoye, and the Traditional Prime M.nister of the town that Oba Adewumi's selection process was devoid of irregularities that used to be the hallmark of some of the obas 'selection in the recent time.
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It was reliably gathered from one of the kingmakers, Chief M. A Olaoye, and the Traditional Prime M.nister of the town that Oba Adewumi's selection process was devoid of irregularities that used to be the hallmark of some of the obas 'selection in the recent time.
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O Fat obas The Lord's Prayer in Volapük, which is also at Christus Rex
And you thought Esperanto was weird.... nissa_amas_katoj 2009
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O Fat obas The Lord's Prayer in Volapük, which is also at Christus Rex
Archive 2009-02-01 nissa_amas_katoj 2009
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Alysha Wood reviews trespasses by Padcha Tuntha-obas
Archive 2007-08-01 2007
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On Brenda Cardenas's From the Tongues of Brick and Stone @ Rattle On Padcha Tuntha-obas's composite. diplomacy @ Boog City / Galatea Resurrects 6
Blogslinger 2009
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On Brenda Cardenas's From the Tongues of Brick and Stone @ Rattle On Padcha Tuntha-obas's composite. diplomacy @ Boog City / Galatea Resurrects 6
Blogslinger 2009
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