Efik
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- proper noun
- Calabar is home to three major ethnic groups: the Efik, Qua, and Efut, who are in turn each closely related to other groups located throughout the basin, from the Ibibio and Oron in the south to the Ejagham in the north.
- Efik and Efut
Examples
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I'll balance my internet quotes with Hausa, Yoruba, Efik, and other ethnic groups in Nigeria.
Blog text (28) -
She learned some basic phrases in Efik to communicate with her extended family in Nigeria.
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This guy spoke Efik, Yoruba, and Igbo.
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The Efik, for their part, have no history of ceramic production, but rather purchased what they needed from the Qua, other local groups, and Europeans.
Academic text (2007) -
It is also used by neighboring Ibibio, Efik, and Igbo peoples.
Academic text (2007) -
On this occasion, the bina's wrappers are knotted in the manner of Efik people in Calabar.
Academic text (2008) -
They are bordered on the west and north by the Igbo, on the east by the Efik, and on the northeast by the Ogoja.
Academic text (1994) -
Prior to colonialism, such groups wielded great legislative, judicial, and executive power, primarily on the local level, but for the Efik, who controlled access to overseas trade, their influence was felt throughout the Cross River region.
Academic text (2007) -
This belief is not confined to the Ibibio and Igala; it is shared by the Igbo, Annang, Efik, and others in Nigeria.
Academic text (1999) -
These Efik polities and their hinterlands were known collectively as Old Calabar until 1904 (when the name was shortened to "Calabar").
Academic text (2007)
Surface Forms
Etymology
Efik comes from the name a group in southeastern Nigeria call themselves, so Efik can mean a person from that group or the language they speak.