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1. boma, n. View full entry 1878
...An enclosure or stockade used for herding beasts and for defensive purposes....
2. bwana, n. View full entry 1878
...A term of respectful address or reverence (formerly used) in East Africa, equivalent to ‘(the) master’, ‘Mr.’, or ‘Sir’....
3. Kabaka, n. View full entry 1878
...The Bantu title which was given to the ruler of the province of Buganda in Uganda....
4. shamba, n. View full entry 1878
...A cultivated plot of ground. Also, a farm or plantation....
5. Twa, n. (and adj.) View full entry 1878
...(A member of) a pygmy people inhabiting parts of Burundi, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Also attrib. or as ...
