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单词 Ibibio
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Definition of Ibibio in English:

Ibibio

nounPlural Ibibios ˌɪbɪˈbiːəʊiˈbibēō
  • 1A member of a people of southern Nigeria.

    (尼日利亚南部的)伊比比奥人

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Other smaller groups include the Fulani, Ijaw, Kanuri, Ibibio, Tiv, and Edo.
    • According to notes by Harris dating to 1954 (supplied by Eli Bentor), an Igbo informant told him that all of these were made by Ibibio.
    • The Ibibio primarily live in the Cross River State of southeastern Nigeria.
    • Other large ethnic groups include the Ibibio, the Ijaw, the Kanuri, the Nupe, and the Tiv.
    • Nigeria also provided slaves for Barbados, the Yoruba, Efik, Igbo and Ibibio being the main ethnic groups targeted.
    • This kind of caste system is also found among the Yoruba and the Ibibios.
    • Edwin Ardener assessed the number of fishermen in the Victoria division in the early twentieth century to be about 7,500, mostly Duala, Ibibio, and Ijo.
    • The marks on each temple in that mask and the one shown here are similar to those found among masks of the Igbo and Ibibio.
  • 2mass noun The language of the Ibibio, belonging to the Benue-Congo group and closely related to Efik. It has around 2 million speakers.

    伊比比奥语(属贝努埃-刚果语族,与埃菲克语有密切亲缘关系,约有200万使用者)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • English is the official language; however, Yoruba, Ibo, and Hausa represent the principal languages, joined by Kanuri, Fulani, Nupe, Tiv, Edo, Ijaw and Ibibio.
adjective ˌɪbɪˈbiːəʊiˈbibēō
  • Relating to the Ibibio or their language.

    (与)伊比比奥人(有关)的;(与)伊比比奥语(有关)的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He designated them as Ibibio masks.
    • And finally the formal conventions present in Duala, Ijo, Ibibio, and Efik art probably dispersed in the same manner as they do today.
    • This finely rendered male Ibibio marionette is relatively naturalistic in form, with rounded muscular contours.
    • North of this coastal area occupied by Delta, Ogoni, and Ibibio peoples is the hinterland dominated by the Igbo.
    • The facial features of the Duala sculptures differ from those in the Ibibio and Ijo works.
    • Many of these masks are in the style of the Ibibio carving center Ikot Ekpene, although they may actually be locally made.
    • Its origin is ascribed to two local slave dealers who traveled beyond Arochukwu to the Ibibio area.
    • The Aro people are the result of the mingling of several Igbo, Cross River, and Ibibio ethnic elements.
    • Oracular activities, trade, and a network of settlements have extended the Aro reach over the Cross River, Ibibio, and Igbo areas.

Origin

The name in Ibibio.

Definition of Ibibio in US English:

Ibibio

nouniˈbibēō
  • 1A member of a people of southern Nigeria.

    (尼日利亚南部的)伊比比奥人

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Ibibio primarily live in the Cross River State of southeastern Nigeria.
    • Edwin Ardener assessed the number of fishermen in the Victoria division in the early twentieth century to be about 7,500, mostly Duala, Ibibio, and Ijo.
    • The marks on each temple in that mask and the one shown here are similar to those found among masks of the Igbo and Ibibio.
    • Other smaller groups include the Fulani, Ijaw, Kanuri, Ibibio, Tiv, and Edo.
    • This kind of caste system is also found among the Yoruba and the Ibibios.
    • According to notes by Harris dating to 1954 (supplied by Eli Bentor), an Igbo informant told him that all of these were made by Ibibio.
    • Other large ethnic groups include the Ibibio, the Ijaw, the Kanuri, the Nupe, and the Tiv.
    • Nigeria also provided slaves for Barbados, the Yoruba, Efik, Igbo and Ibibio being the main ethnic groups targeted.
  • 2The Benue-Congo language of the Ibibio, closely related to Efik.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • English is the official language; however, Yoruba, Ibo, and Hausa represent the principal languages, joined by Kanuri, Fulani, Nupe, Tiv, Edo, Ijaw and Ibibio.
adjectiveiˈbibēō
  • Relating to the Ibibio or their language.

    (与)伊比比奥人(有关)的;(与)伊比比奥语(有关)的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • North of this coastal area occupied by Delta, Ogoni, and Ibibio peoples is the hinterland dominated by the Igbo.
    • This finely rendered male Ibibio marionette is relatively naturalistic in form, with rounded muscular contours.
    • The Aro people are the result of the mingling of several Igbo, Cross River, and Ibibio ethnic elements.
    • The facial features of the Duala sculptures differ from those in the Ibibio and Ijo works.
    • And finally the formal conventions present in Duala, Ijo, Ibibio, and Efik art probably dispersed in the same manner as they do today.
    • Oracular activities, trade, and a network of settlements have extended the Aro reach over the Cross River, Ibibio, and Igbo areas.
    • Many of these masks are in the style of the Ibibio carving center Ikot Ekpene, although they may actually be locally made.
    • Its origin is ascribed to two local slave dealers who traveled beyond Arochukwu to the Ibibio area.
    • He designated them as Ibibio masks.

Origin

The name in Ibibio.

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