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juba
/ˈdʒubə/
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What does juba mean?
noun
- An American dance of West African origin that involves stomping as well as slapping and patting the arms, legs, chest, and cheeks.
proper noun
- Alternative form of Jubba, a river in Ethiopia and Somalia.
- The capital city of South Sudan.
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proper noun
- The South Sudan government.
- (historical) A male given name from Latin, notably borne by kings of Numidia.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈdʒubə/
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That writer supposed that king Juba had named six Canary Islands only, because, in his time, three among them were contiguous.
For according to King Juba, the military elephants of antiquity often hailed the morning with their trunks uplifted in the profoundest silence.
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Others of the council were for going into Africa, and to king Juba.
It supplies the place of a violin, or of other musical instruments, and is played so easily, that almost every farm has its “Juba” beater.
And as to what he performed by force of hand, there are many exploits that in hazard exceed all the rules of war; for with how small means did he undertake to subdue the kingdom of Egypt, and afterwards to attack the forces of Scipio and Juba, ten times greater than his own?