orisha

/ˈɒɹɪʃɑː/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.62 in modern English

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noun

"I guess that is a good way to remember you. To rememeber you as a metaphor, but not to forget the text, to embrace all the humanity of your life... like an orisha — a flesh-and-blood hero. That sounds like a good African way to remember you."
"Under the command of Olorun were also orishas, intermediaries in the Yorubic religion said to be connected between man and the supernatural."

Borrowed from Yoruba òrìṣà.

orishas (plural) orisa (alternative) orixa (alternative)

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How do you pronounce orisha?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɒɹɪʃɑː/.

What does orisha mean?

Where does orisha come from?

Borrowed from Yoruba òrìṣà.

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