Meanings
plural Ugwus
- A surname from Igbo.
1 more example
On Tuesday, Buzzfeed published a long piece by Reggie Ugwu, looking at how a variant of instrumental electronic music had become the favoured soundtrack of the “alt-right”, the US-based far-right movement. Within hours, a website whose strapline declares it is “destroying Jewish tyranny” had picked up on the piece.
2016 December 14, Michael Hann, “'Fashwave': synth music co-opted by the far right”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 25 Jul 2018
Origin
- Igboúgwú“mountain, hill”
- EnglishUgwu
Borrowed from Igbo úgwú (“mountain, hill”), a topographic surname.
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Ugwu. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ugwu
“Ugwu.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ugwu. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Ugwu,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ugwu.
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