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单词 Oromo
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Definition of Oromo in English:

Oromo

nounPlural Oromos ˈɒrəməʊôˈrōmō
  • 1A member of an East African people, the largest ethnic group in Ethiopia.

    奥罗莫人(东非民族,埃塞俄比亚最大的民族)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Oromo are the largest tribe in Ethiopia, and have long wanted to establish their own country.
    • The largest group in Ethiopia, sometimes estimated at 40% of the population, are the Oromo, relative newcomers from Somalia.
    • It was involved in a series of civil wars against separatist movements of Eritreans and Tigrayans, as well as the Oromos and Somalis.
    • Others, like Bekele, who was born on 13 June 1982, are Oromos, the country's largest ethnic group.
    • Yet another movement claimed to represent the Oromo, Ethiopia's most populous group.
    • Great Britain, France, and Italy supported the Ethiopian colonization of Oromos.
    • People from Ethiopia's largest ethnic group, the Oromo, gather at villages, dotting lakes and scenic mountains to celebrate.
    • However it's for a long time that the Oromo have been here, thirty years in fact, since the Oromo have been fleeing their homeland and resettling in Western countries like Australia, Norway, Canada and the USA.
    • The author presents both African Americans and Oromos as ‘players in the global system,’ and he ‘strives to make them aware of each other’.
    • The Oromos tradition of decorating horses is reflected in both old paintings and in today's painted grave markers.
    • Resistance to Amhara dominance resulted in various separatist movements, particularly in Eritrea and among the Oromo.
  • 2mass noun The Cushitic language of the Oromo, spoken by more than 30 million people in several different dialects.

    库西特语(奥罗莫人的语言,分为数种不同的方言,约1, 700万使用者)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • However, the most commonly spoken languages in Ethiopia are Amharic and Oromo.
adjective ˈɒrəməʊôˈrōmō
  • Relating to the Oromo or their language.

    (与)奥罗莫人(有关)的;(与)库西特语(有关)的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Moving on to a different celebration, the colorful festivities of the Oromo people.
    • Boof claims she was born Naima Alu Kolbookek on the Nile to Egyptian archaeologist Atmu Bahri Kolbookek and his only wife Jiddi, a blue-black Gisi-Waaq princess of Somalia's Oromo nomads.
    • A former Italian colony who never gained independence and whose peoples are subject to severe genital mutilation by Ethiopian government forces who also have banned Oromo language and political organisations.
    • On Tuesday 24 August the event focuses on Ethiopian writers such as Shantam Shubisa, who is also an internationally recognised singer from the Oromo tribe in Ethiopia.
    • In Melbourne, many families support relatives who cannot join them due to the current immigration laws and the fact that not all Oromo people are accepted as refugees.
    • The Cushitic family of languages are spoken by the Oromo peoples, the largest group in the central regions of Ethiopia.
    • But because of religious conversion to Islam and other cultural influences, some Oromo men marry more than one wife (a practice known as polygyny).
    • In her discussion of dress and ethnic identity among a variety of Ethiopian groups, Peri Klemm described how Oromo spirit mediums use adornment and body modification to attract and repel spirits.

Origin

The name in Oromo. Another name is Galla, which is not favoured by the Oromo themselves and is regarded as pejorative.

Definition of Oromo in US English:

Oromo

nounôˈrōmō
  • 1A member of the largest ethnic group in Ethiopia.

    奥罗莫人(东非民族,埃塞俄比亚最大的民族)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The author presents both African Americans and Oromos as ‘players in the global system,’ and he ‘strives to make them aware of each other’.
    • It was involved in a series of civil wars against separatist movements of Eritreans and Tigrayans, as well as the Oromos and Somalis.
    • People from Ethiopia's largest ethnic group, the Oromo, gather at villages, dotting lakes and scenic mountains to celebrate.
    • Others, like Bekele, who was born on 13 June 1982, are Oromos, the country's largest ethnic group.
    • The Oromo are the largest tribe in Ethiopia, and have long wanted to establish their own country.
    • However it's for a long time that the Oromo have been here, thirty years in fact, since the Oromo have been fleeing their homeland and resettling in Western countries like Australia, Norway, Canada and the USA.
    • Yet another movement claimed to represent the Oromo, Ethiopia's most populous group.
    • Great Britain, France, and Italy supported the Ethiopian colonization of Oromos.
    • The Oromos tradition of decorating horses is reflected in both old paintings and in today's painted grave markers.
    • The largest group in Ethiopia, sometimes estimated at 40% of the population, are the Oromo, relative newcomers from Somalia.
    • Resistance to Amhara dominance resulted in various separatist movements, particularly in Eritrea and among the Oromo.
  • 2The Cushitic language of the Oromo.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • However, the most commonly spoken languages in Ethiopia are Amharic and Oromo.
adjectiveôˈrōmō
  • Relating to the Oromo or their language.

    (与)奥罗莫人(有关)的;(与)库西特语(有关)的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Cushitic family of languages are spoken by the Oromo peoples, the largest group in the central regions of Ethiopia.
    • In Melbourne, many families support relatives who cannot join them due to the current immigration laws and the fact that not all Oromo people are accepted as refugees.
    • Moving on to a different celebration, the colorful festivities of the Oromo people.
    • A former Italian colony who never gained independence and whose peoples are subject to severe genital mutilation by Ethiopian government forces who also have banned Oromo language and political organisations.
    • In her discussion of dress and ethnic identity among a variety of Ethiopian groups, Peri Klemm described how Oromo spirit mediums use adornment and body modification to attract and repel spirits.
    • Boof claims she was born Naima Alu Kolbookek on the Nile to Egyptian archaeologist Atmu Bahri Kolbookek and his only wife Jiddi, a blue-black Gisi-Waaq princess of Somalia's Oromo nomads.
    • But because of religious conversion to Islam and other cultural influences, some Oromo men marry more than one wife (a practice known as polygyny).
    • On Tuesday 24 August the event focuses on Ethiopian writers such as Shantam Shubisa, who is also an internationally recognised singer from the Oromo tribe in Ethiopia.

Origin

The name in Oromo. Another name is Galla, which is not favored by the Oromo themselves and is regarded as pejorative.

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