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Kioko|kɪˈəʊkəʊ|
Pl. Kioko, -os.
[Native name.]
The name of an African people inhabiting Zaïre and Angola, and their language; a member of this people. Also attrib. or as adj.
1884Encycl. Brit. XVII. 319/1 Equatorial Group:..Wa-Lunda, Kioko, Wa-Shinsh, [etc.]. 1897A. J. Butler tr. Ratzel's Hist. Mankind II. 376 It is otherwise with the Songos and Kiokos, who let you deal with them in the usual way. Ibid. 404 Here, Lunda will be spoken; there, perhaps only half a mile away, Kioko. 1908H. H. Johnston George Grenfell & Congo I. xi. 194 Round him [sc. a person of Hima descent] a community would group itself... Thus..the kingdoms..of the Luba, Lunda, Kioko, and other Bantu countries came into existence. 1948M. Guthrie Classification Bantu Lang. Index 86/1 Kioko (A[ngola]). 1966Chambers's Encycl. III. 50/1 Among the African Kioko, however, it is the availability of criminals for food that seems paramount. |