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Obote

Obote proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Obote (plural Obotes)

  1. A surname.
    • In 1982-83, the Obote regime organized state repression and expulsion of Rwandophones, causing 40,000 to flee to Rwanda until the Habyarimana government closed its border.2011, Christina R. Clark-Kazak, Recounting Migration: Political Narratives of Congolese Young People in Uganda, Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, Chapter 2, p. 31

Forms of Obote

pluralObotes

Questions about Obote

What does Obote mean?
Obote means a surname.
What part of speech is Obote?
Obote is a proper noun.

Words near Obote in the dictionary

  1. OBOR
  2. Oborne
  3. Oborniki
  4. Oborny
  5. obos
  6. Obote
  7. Obotes
  8. Obotrite
  9. Obotrites
  10. oboval
  11. obovate

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