noun
The bride price paid by a prospective husband among certain peoples in southern Africa.
Origin of lobola
Zulu -lóbólà dowry, give a dowrylobola
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Noun
(countable and uncountable, plural lobolas)
- (South Africa) The dowry paid to a bride's family to secure a wedding among certain Bantu peoples of South Africa.
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