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lobola
lo·bo·la L0218900 (lō′bə-lə)n. The bride price paid by a prospective husband among certain peoples in southern Africa.
[Zulu -lóbólà, dowry, give a dowry.]lobola (lɔːˈbɔːlə; ləˈbəʊ-) or lobolon (Anthropology & Ethnology) (in southern Africa) an African custom by which a bridegroom's family makes a payment in cattle or cash to the bride's family shortly before the marriage[from Nguni ukulobola to give the bride price]Thesauruslobolanoun (S. African) dowry, portion, marriage settlement, dot (archaic) Following the tradition of lobola, the king's family paid 40 head of cattle for his new wife.lobola
lobola, lobolo (in southern Africa) an African custom by which a bridegroom's family makes a payment in cattle or cash to the bride's family shortly before the marriage lobola
Synonyms for lobolanoun dowrySynonyms- dowry
- portion
- marriage settlement
- dot
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