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soyinka

So·yin·ka
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [shaw-ying-kuh]
    • /ʃɔˈyɪŋ kə/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [shaw-ying-kuh]
    • /ʃɔˈyɪŋ kə/

Definitions of soyinka word

  • noun soyinka Wole [woh-ley] /ˈwoʊ leɪ/ (Show IPA), born 1934, Nigerian playwright, novelist, and poet: Nobel prize 1986. 1
  • noun soyinka Wole (ˈwoːle). born 1934, Nigerian dramatist, novelist, poet, and literary critic. His works include the plays The Strong Breed (1963), The Road (1965), and Kongi's Harvest (1966), the novel The Interpreters (1965), and the political essays The Burden of Memory, the Muse of Forgiveness (1999); forced into exile by the military regime (1993–98). Nobel prize for literature 1986 0
  • noun soyinka ˈWole (ˈwoʊleɪ ) ; wōˈlā) (born Akinwande Oluwole Soyinka) 1934- ; Nigerian playwright 0

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soyinka popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 73% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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