Ubangin.adj.

/juːˈbaŋɡi/

/uːˈbaŋɡi/

Etymology: < the name of a river between the Central African Republic and Zaïre.

(A member of) a group of peoples inhabiting the Ubangi region of Central Africa. Also attributive or as adj.The women of the Sara tribe of the Ubangi are noted for wearing ornamental lip-platters which distend their upper lips.

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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Africa > native or inhabitant of North Africa > native or inhabitant of other regions > [adjective]

Nubian1600

Somali1809

Meroitic1852

Zande1873

Somalian1884

Ubangi1915

Twa1951

Chadian1960

Watusi1960

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Africa > native or inhabitant of North Africa > native or inhabitant of other regions > [noun]

Numidian?a1425

Nubianc1450

Massylian1606

catadupes1607

Mauritanian1607

Marmarican1627

Niam-Niam1861

Watusi1863

Zande1873

Twa1878

Tutsi1929

Cyrenaican1942

Ubangi1953

Chadian1960

Saharan1970

Sahrawi1976

1915 E. Andrews tr. A. L. Cureau Savage Man Central Afr. II. ii. 223 Neither the bow of the Ubangi people nor even the Paswan crossbow is accurate enough to hit a target so small and unsteady.

1953 New Yorker 18 Apr. 52/3 The Ubangis' principal claim to the public's curiosity rested on the fact that their women wore plates, or saucers, in their lips.

1972 Lewis & Woodworth Miss E. Arden xiii. 227 I don't know what I pay you for. You wouldn't know a blonde from an Ubangi.

1985 Washington Post 31 Oct. b10/5 One funeral director's wife attended the Halloween bash as a comic version of a Ubangi woman.

1987 S. Bellow More die of Heartbreak 15 Carnival sideshows with..their bearded ladies and Ubangis with platter lips, disappeared long ago.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	ubangi
释义	Ubangin.adj. /juːˈbaŋɡi//uːˈbaŋɡi/ Etymology: < the name of a river between the Central African Republic and Zaïre. (A member of) a group of peoples inhabiting the Ubangi region of Central Africa. Also attributive or as adj.The women of the Sara tribe of the Ubangi are noted for wearing ornamental lip-platters which distend their upper lips. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Africa > native or inhabitant of North Africa > native or inhabitant of other regions > [adjective] Nubian1600 Somali1809 Meroitic1852 Zande1873 Somalian1884 Ubangi1915 Twa1951 Chadian1960 Watusi1960 the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Africa > native or inhabitant of North Africa > native or inhabitant of other regions > [noun] Numidian?a1425 Nubianc1450 Massylian1606 catadupes1607 Mauritanian1607 Marmarican1627 Niam-Niam1861 Watusi1863 Zande1873 Twa1878 Tutsi1929 Cyrenaican1942 Ubangi1953 Chadian1960 Saharan1970 Sahrawi1976 1915 E. Andrews tr. A. L. Cureau Savage Man Central Afr. II. ii. 223 Neither the bow of the Ubangi people nor even the Paswan crossbow is accurate enough to hit a target so small and unsteady. 1953 New Yorker 18 Apr. 52/3 The Ubangis' principal claim to the public's curiosity rested on the fact that their women wore plates, or saucers, in their lips. 1972 Lewis & Woodworth Miss E. Arden xiii. 227 I don't know what I pay you for. You wouldn't know a blonde from an Ubangi. 1985 Washington Post 31 Oct. b10/5 One funeral director's wife attended the Halloween bash as a comic version of a Ubangi woman. 1987 S. Bellow More die of Heartbreak 15 Carnival sideshows with..their bearded ladies and Ubangis with platter lips, disappeared long ago. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.adj.1915
随便看	to give thanks to give thanks thank to give thanks to do thank(s to give the adventure to give the air to give the alarm to give the all clear to give the bag to to give the bag to hold to give the battle to give the bauble to give the bay to to give the bell to give the benefit of the doubt to give the big e to give the bird to give the bob to give the boot or the order of the boot to give the bothered ear to give the breast to give the bucket to to give the business to give the butt to give the case to give the chuck