First Known Use: 1955
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Krio
noun \ˈkrē-ō\
Definition of KRIO
: an English-based creole spoken in Sierra Leone
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Origin of KRIO
Krio, speaker of Krio, Krio language, perhaps from Yoruba Kiriyó Christian, ultimately from Portuguese crioulo Creole
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