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Juba

1

[joo-bah]

noun

  1. a female day name for Monday. day name



Juba

2

[joo-bah]

noun

  1. Italian Giuba.a river in E Africa, flowing S from S Ethiopia through Somalia to the Indian Ocean. 1,000 miles (1,609 km) long.

  2. the capital of South Sudan, on the White Nile.

juba

3

[joo-buh]

noun

  1. a lively dance characterized by rhythmic hand clapping, body and thigh slapping, and stomping, developed by African Americans enslaved on Southern plantations in the 19th century.

Juba

1

/ ˈːə /

noun

  1. a river in NE Africa, rising in S central Ethiopia and flowing south across Somalia to the Indian Ocean: the chief river of Somalia. Length: about 1660 km (1030 miles)

  2. the capital of South Sudan, on the White Nile river. Pop: 250 000 (2006 est)

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

juba

2

/ ˈːə /

noun

  1. a lively African-American dance developed in the southern US

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of Juba1

An Americanism dating back to 1825–35; of obscure origin
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of Juba1

C19: of Zulu origin
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Goi was born in Juba but as a child she moved to neighbouring Uganda, like Akol and hundreds of thousands of other South Sudanese.

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"The expectation of what a model should be - most of the South Sudanese models have it," says Dawson Deng, who runs South Sudan Fashion Week in the country's capital, Juba, with fellow ex-model Trisha Nyachak.

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Tom Cartwright, who tracks ICE flights, posted on X that a plane appearing to be the one carrying the eight deportees had landed in Djibouti, which is about 900 miles from Juba, the capital of South Sudan.

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It spread across most of South Sudan, including the capital Juba, causing more than 450 deaths.

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The British and US embassies have scaled down their diplomatic staff and urged their citizens to leave the country while the Norwegian and German embassies have closed their operations in Juba.

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