uhuru
[ oo-hoo-roo; English oo-hoo r-oo ]
/ uˈhu ru; English ʊˈhʊər u /
noun Swahili.
freedom; independence.
Words nearby uhuru
uhlan,
uhland,
uhry,
uht,
uhthoff sign,
uhuru,
ui,
uigur,
uillean pipes,
uilleann pipes,
uinta mountains
Example sentences from the Web for uhuru
Interestingly, as Azad means “freedom” in Arabic, Urdu, Farsi, Turkish, and other languages, "Uhuru" means "freedom" in Swahili.
British Dictionary definitions for uhuru
uhuru
/ (uːˈhuːruː) /
noun (esp in E Africa)
national independence
freedom
Word Origin for uhuru
C20: from Swahili