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  2. Isaac Adaka Boro - Wikipedia

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    9 May 1968 (1968-05-09) (aged 29) Ogu, Okrika, Rivers State, Nigeria. Children. Deborah Waritimi, Esther Boro, Felix Boro. Profession. Political activist, soldier. Major Isaac Jasper Adaka Boro (10 September 1938 – 9 May 1968), fondly called "Boro", was a Nigerian nationalist and soldier of Ijaw descent. He is considered a pioneer of minority ...

  3. Boro people - Wikipedia

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    Boro is the self-designation or autonym of the community. Boro comes from Bara-fisa, which means "son of Bara", and Bara stands for "man" or "male member" of the group. In the cognate language Kokborok, Borok means man ('k' being a suffix for nouns) and so logically, Boro would mean man even in the Boro language.

  4. Boro (textile) - Wikipedia

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    Boro. (textile) Boro (ぼろ) are a class of Japanese textiles that have been mended or patched together. [1] The term is derived from the Japanese term "boroboro", meaning something tattered or repaired. [2] The term 'boro' typically refers to cotton, linen and hemp materials, mostly hand-woven by peasant farmers, that have been stitched or re ...

  5. NYC Five Boro Bike Tour 2024: Street closures - AOL

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    NEW YORK CITY - The TD Five Boro Bike Tour is returning to NYC this Sunday, May 5.. At 7:30 a.m., cyclists will begin their 40-mile journey in Manhattan, will ride through the boroughs, and will ...

  6. Boro language (India) - Wikipedia

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    Boro [2] (बरʼ or बड़ो [bɔɽo] ), also rendered Bodo, [3] is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken primarily by the Boros of Northeast India and the neighboring nations of Nepal and Bangladesh. It is an official language of the Indian state of Assam, predominantly spoken in the Bodoland Territorial Region. [4] [5] It is also one of the ...

  7. Murfreesboro, Tennessee - Wikipedia

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    Murfreesboro is a city in, and county seat of, Rutherford County, Tennessee, United States. [6] The population was 152,769 according to the 2020 census, up from 108,755 residents certified in 2010. [7] Murfreesboro is located in the Nashville metropolitan area of Middle Tennessee, 34 miles (55 km) southeast of downtown Nashville .

  8. Boro culture - Wikipedia

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    Boro culture is the culture of the Boro people in Assam. For long, the Boros have been farmers living in an Agrarian society [4] with a strong tradition of fishery, poultry, piggery, with rice and jute cultivation, and betel nut plantation. They make their own clothing from scratch, such as traditional attires.

  9. Bodo–Kachari people - Wikipedia

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    Bodo–Kachari people. Bodo–Kacharis (also Kacharis or Bodos) [1] [2] is a name used by anthropologist and linguists [3] to define a collection of ethnic groups living predominantly in the Northeast Indian states of Assam, Tripura, and Meghalaya. These peoples are speakers of either Bodo–Garo languages or Assamese. [citation needed]