Luba

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proper noun

A female given name from Ukrainian [in turn from Slavic].

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BalubaTshilubaChilubaTshiluba languageLuba language
OriginSlavic Luba ← Ukrainian Люба →
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Meanings

Luba1

proper nounLuba (plural Lubas)

plural Lubas

  1. CanadaA female given name from Ukrainian [in turn from Slavic].

Luba2

proper noun
  1. A member of any of various groups of agricultural and hunting people inhabiting the southeastern part of Democratic Republic of the Congo.

    Synonyms: Baluba

  2. A Bantu language spoken by the Luba people of central Africa; one of the two Bantu languages spoken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

    Synonyms: Tshiluba

  3. abbreviationellipsishistoricalEllipsis of the Luba Empire and Kingdom of Luba: a historical country in Africa.

Luba3

proper noun
  1. A town and capital of Bioko Sur, Equatorial Guinea.

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounA member of any of various groups of agricultural and hunting people inhabiting the southeastern part of Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Baluba

proper nounA Bantu language spoken by the Luba people of central Africa; one of the two Bantu languages spoken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Tshiluba

More synonyms by meaning

nouna member of a Bantu people in southeastern Congo

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Chiluba
Broader
Bantu

nouna Bantu language spoken in southeastern Congo

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TshilubaTshiluba languageLuba language
Broader
BantuBantoid language
Also see
tshiluba

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. UkrainianЛюба
  2. SlavicLuba
  3. EnglishLuba

From Slavic * (English-language female given name found in Canada): From Ukrainian Люба (Ljuba)

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

BlauBulaAlbuBaulbual
Cite this entry
APA

Luba. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Luba

MLA

“Luba.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Luba. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Luba,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Luba.

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