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Krio

Krio proper noun: a creole language based on English/Jamaican Creole spoken by around 500,000 people mainly in Sierra Leone.

Proper noun

Krio

  1. A creole language based on English/Jamaican Creole spoken by around 500,000 people mainly in Sierra Leone.

Origin of Krio

Borrowed from Krio Krio, from Portuguese crioulo (“creole”). Doublet of Creole, Criollo, and Crioulo.

Questions about Krio

What does Krio mean?
Krio means a creole language based on English/Jamaican Creole spoken by around 500,000 people mainly in Sierra Leone.
What part of speech is Krio?
Krio is a proper noun.

Words near Krio in the dictionary

  1. Krings
  2. Krinkov
  3. krinovite
  4. Krinsky
  5. Krinskys
  6. Krio
  7. Kriol
  8. Kriols
  9. kriophoroi
  10. kriophoros
  11. Kripa

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