# boubou

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A flowing wide-sleeved robe worn by men in much of West Africa, and to a lesser extent in North Africa.
2. Any of certain species of birds in the bushshrike genus Laniarius.

## Etymology
From French boubou, from Wolof mbubb. The bird name is onomatopoeic.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/boubou