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limba^¹

noun limbas

A large African tree, Terminalia superba, whose hard wood is used for furniture, table tennis paddles and musical instruments. This was the wood of the limba tree — a native of the Mayumbe forest — from which is produced a beautifully grained, blond, high-quality veneer for plywood and other uses.
Similar: afara

Limba^²

proper noun

An indigenous ethnic group of Sierra Leone making roughly twelve percent of the population. Among the largest of the other ethnic groups livings in Sierra Leone are the Limba—making up more than 6 percent of the population.
The Niger-Congo vernacular of the Limba; the Limba language.
Similar: Hulimba

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noun Terminalia superba

日本語	リンバ rinba, アファラ afara
Français	fraké, limba

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@misc{limba_2026,
  title = {limba},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/limba},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}