Oromo
noun
Oro·mo
ȯ-ˈrō-(ˌ)mō 
ō-
plural Oromos or Oromo
1
: a member of a Cushitic-speaking people of southern Ethiopia and adjacent parts of Kenya
2
: the Cushitic language of the Oromo
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From the weekly Drip Sessions at Drip Collective in the West Loop to the roaming Techno and Espresso parties to Brew & Beats at Oromo Cafe, Chicago’s music and coffee scenes have gotten a serious upgrade.
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Britt Julious, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
By 2018, Ethiopia had to have an Oromo leader, a member of the country’s single largest ethnic group.
—Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
In 2020, she was spotted in a social media video where claimed she had been adopted into Ethiopia's Oromo community in Melbourne, per ABC.
—Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 8 Feb. 2025
The range is home to the Oromo, the largest, single ethnic group in Africa.
—David Escribano, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2024
As late as December 2020, Meta lacked hate speech classifiers for Oromo and Amharic, two of the major languages spoken in Ethiopia.
—Vittoria Elliott, WIRED, 13 Dec. 2022
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Britt Julious, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
By 2018, Ethiopia had to have an Oromo leader, a member of the country’s single largest ethnic group.
—Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
In 2020, she was spotted in a social media video where claimed she had been adopted into Ethiopia's Oromo community in Melbourne, per ABC.
—Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 8 Feb. 2025
The range is home to the Oromo, the largest, single ethnic group in Africa.
—David Escribano, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2024
As late as December 2020, Meta lacked hate speech classifiers for Oromo and Amharic, two of the major languages spoken in Ethiopia.
—Vittoria Elliott, WIRED, 13 Dec. 2022
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“Oromo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Oromo. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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