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Yoruba meaning in Marathi

योरुबा yorubā

UK/ˈjɒɹʊbə//ˈjɔːɹəbə/

Yoruba in Marathi: योरुबा (yorubā). In English, Yoruba means a member of an ethnic group or tribe living mainly in southwest Nigeria, southern Benin, and eastern Togo and, as well as in communities elsewhere in West Africa, United States, Brazil and Cuba.

Marathi words for Yoruba

a sub-Saharan language
योरुबा yorubā
family of religions
योरुबा yorubā

English meaning of Yoruba

  1. noun A member of an ethnic group or tribe living mainly in southwest Nigeria, southern Benin, and eastern Togo and, as well as in communities elsewhere in West Africa, United States, Brazil and Cuba.
  2. proper noun A sub-Saharan language. It belongs to the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo language family, and has nearly 40 million speakers in Nigeria, Benin, Togo, and Sierra Leone, as well as communities in The United States, Brazil and Cuba.
  3. proper noun An African traditional religion which spawned various offshoots in the Americas in the 15th to 19th centuries, including santería and Lucumí. (See Yoruba religion.).

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Questions about Yoruba in Marathi

What is the meaning of Yoruba in Marathi?
Yoruba in Marathi is योरुबा (yorubā).
Yoruba चा मराठी अर्थ काय आहे?
Yoruba: योरुबा (yorubā).
What does Yoruba mean in English?
Yoruba means a member of an ethnic group or tribe living mainly in southwest Nigeria, southern Benin, and eastern Togo and, as well as in communities elsewhere in West Africa, United States, Brazil and Cuba.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Yoruba (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Marathi words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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