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noun
A flowing wide-sleeved robe worn by men in much of West Africa, and to a lesser extent in North Africa.
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Synonyms: agbada
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noun
Any of certain species of birds in the bushshrike genus Laniarius.
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History
From French boubou, from Wolof mbubb.
Onomatopoeic.
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