Definitions starting with A African Words Answer: It is now clear that a great deal more African culture survived in the New World than had been believed ...
Definitions starting with A African Words Answer:
It is now clear that a great deal more African culture survived in the New World than had been believed ...
Definitions starting with L Language Answer: Bahamian terms referring to language suggest that Bahamians had a very accurate perception of the linguistic realities of their country ...
Definitions starting with E Ebo Answer: /íybow/ [OED Eboe a name applied in the West Indies to the negroes from Benin; cf. the lbo or Igbo ...
Definitions starting with E Egba Answer: [W3 a Yoruba-speaking people of south-western Nigeria] n. Obs. an African ethnic group: 1891 [Bahamians] still retain their African tribal ...
Definitions starting with Y Yeho Answer: /yéy(h)ow/ [cf. W Car. Yaho or Yoho idem (Holm 1978:214); cf. OED yahoo name invented by Swift in Gulliver's Travels ...
Definitions starting with U uh-huh Answer: /a ha/ [Car.; "The African origin (of uh-huh yes, and uh-uh no) is confirmed by their much wider use in ...
Definitions starting with Y Yoruba, Youraba Answer: [cf. Yoruba an ethnic group in southeastern Nigeria] n. an African tribal group: 1891 [Bahamians] still retain their African tribal ...
Definitions starting with N Nago Nanga, N'onga, Nungo, Nago Answer: [Pan-Creole; cf. DJE Nanga, Nago a Yoruba negro, from Ewe anagó idem; also "term of contempt originally applied by Creole ...
Definitions starting with N nyam, yam Answer: [Pan-Creole; cf. Mauritian Fr. nyamnyam (Baker p.c.); Puerto Rican Sp. ñam-ñam, Pap. jomi-jomi all idem (Dillard 1976.164, 288); "njam is ...