Galla

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Gal·la

(găl′ə)

n. pl. Galla or Gal·las Offensive

1. An Oromo.

2. The Oromo language.

[Amharic.]

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Galla

(ˈɡælə)

npl -las or -la

1. (Peoples) a member of a tall dark-skinned people inhabiting Somalia and SE Ethiopia

2. (Languages) the language of this people, belonging to the Cushitic subfamily of the Afro-Asiatic family of languages

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O•ro•mo

(ɔˈroʊ moʊ)

n., pl. -mos, (esp. collectively) -mo.

1. a member of an African people or group of peoples of central and S Ethiopia and N Kenya.

2. the Cushitic language of the Oromo.

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