Uhuru (noun)
oo-hoo-roo
freedom; independence.
Uhuru is a loanword from Swahili, a Bantu language with substantial influence from Arabic. The u- element is a native Swahili term roughly meaning “-ity, -ness,” while huru, “free,” comes from Arabic ḥurr. This Arabic term is also the source of Spanish ahorrar, “to save, avoid.” Uhuru was first recorded in English in the late 1950s.
Example sentences
“A sense of uhuru swept the newly independent country”
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