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lobolas

lobolas is the plural of lobola.

Meaning of lobola

Noun

lobola (countable and uncountable, plural lobolas)

  1. (South Africa) The bride price among certain Bantu peoples of South Africa.
    • The cattle of the second kaffir had been obtained from the first kaffir as lobola; all (three) have died from the disease.1901 June 21, “The Rinderpest Outbreak”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 8
    Antonyms:
    dowry

Questions about lobolas

What is lobolas the plural of?
Lobolas is the plural of lobola.

Words near lobolas in the dictionary

  1. loblollying
  2. lobo
  3. Loboc
  4. Loboda
  5. lobola
  6. lobolas
  7. lobolo
  8. lobolos
  9. lobomycosis
  10. lobomycotic
  11. lobophorolide

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