Boko Haram

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Etymology

From HausaCategory:English terms derived from Hausa#BOKOHARAM boko (“fake, often said of Western education”) + haram (“forbidden”), from ArabicCategory:English terms derived from Arabic#BOKOHARAM حَرَام (ḥarām). Literally, “Western education is forbidden”.

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Proper noun

Boko HaramCategory:English lemmas#BOKOHARAMCategory:English proper nouns#BOKOHARAMCategory:English uncountable nouns#BOKOHARAMCategory:English multiword terms#BOKOHARAMCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BOKOHARAMCategory:Pages with entries#BOKO%20HARAMCategory:Pages with 1 entry#BOKO%20HARAM

  1. An Islamist jihadist militant group based in Nigeria but active in adjoining Northwest African countries.
    • 2015 March 3, Ngala Killian Chimtom, “Cameroon in for long fight as its youth join Boko Haram”, in CNN‎:
      Security officials say such a move makes it easy for Boko Haram to infiltrate Cameroon and gather vital security information.
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Translations

See also

Category:en:Islamism#BOKOHARAM
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