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Word: yaba (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Usage:

...even callous newspapermen with news of an atrocity. Five Catholic priests, declared Archbishop Ruiz, had been seized in the state of Michoacan by troops under command of General Mange. The priests were charged with inciting the populace to riot, were marched without trial to the Hacienda La Gua Yaba, were lined up against a stone wall and shot down by a firing squad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LATIN AMERICA: Mexico Simmering | 8/23/1926 | See Source »

Throughout the whole Ashanti visit, white-toothed, white-eyed mammies displayed their smiling picaninnies to the Prince on every possible occasion. The greetings which he received were as diverse as they were amusing: Ohene ba (the great King's son), "Cheerio!" "Nightio!" and finally Yaba dsogban (farewell and return again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Senior Ambassador | 4/20/1925 | See Source »

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