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1. boma, n. View full entry 1878
...An enclosure or stockade used for herding beasts and for defensive purposes....
2. Boran, n. View full entry 1935
...A breed of cattle native to drier parts of East Africa....
3. ghap, n. View full entry 1819
...A South African carrion flower belonging to the genus Trichocaulon, esp. T. piliferum....
4. Matabele, n. and adj. View full entry 1823
...Originally: a member of an Nguni people who fled north of the Limpopo during the population movement known as the Mfecane in the early 19th cent., eventually settling in the Bulawayo region...
5. N'Dama, n. View full entry 1938
...A West African breed of cattle, usually fawn or light red in colour and bearing lyre-shaped horns; an animal of this breed. Freq. attrib....
6. shamba, n. View full entry 1878
...A cultivated plot of ground. Also, a farm or plantation....
