ukuta

Kiswahili

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ukuta

Where it comes from

Uncertain

A number of different suggestions have been made:

* From Bantu *kuta (Andras Rajki)

* Borrowed from Malay kota (“city, fort”).

* From Arabic kūt ‘walled town’

noun kuta

class xi wall (structure built for defense surrounding or separating an area)

In English

wall defensive rampart

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MLA

"ukuta." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sw/ukuta. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

ukuta. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sw/ukuta

Chicago

"ukuta." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sw/ukuta.

BibTeX

@misc{ukuta_2026,
  title = {ukuta},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sw/ukuta},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}