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shamba

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shamba

  • /ˈʃambə/ UK

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From Swahili shamba.

noun shambas

  1. Africa, East An area of cultivated ground; a plot of land, a small subsistence farm for growing crops and fruit-bearing trees, often including the dwelling of the farmer. To reach his new strip of shamba which lay the other side of Thabai, Mugo had to walk through the dusty village streets.

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@misc{shamba_2026,
  title = {shamba},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shamba},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}