"Kamba" meaning in English

See Kamba in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Kamba
  1. the language of this people. Categories (topical): Languages Translations (the language of this people): ка́мба (kámba) (Russian), кика́мба (kikámba) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-Kamba-en-name-qMMd6QlR Disambiguation of Languages: 33 37 27 3 Disambiguation of 'the language of this people': 85 15
  2. an extinct language of Brazil. Categories (topical): Extinct languages, Languages
    Sense id: en-Kamba-en-name-CFB-0BkZ Disambiguation of Extinct languages: 15 73 10 2 Disambiguation of Languages: 33 37 27 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Etymology: Borrowed from Tibetan གམ་པ (gam pa). Etymology templates: {{commonscat|Khampa Dzong}}, {{bor|en|bo|གམ་པ}} Tibetan གམ་པ (gam pa) Head templates: {{en-prop}} Kamba
  1. A county of Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region, China Categories (topical): Languages Categories (place): Counties of China, Places in China, Places in Tibet
    Sense id: en-Kamba-en-name-3X6mmMDe Disambiguation of Languages: 33 37 27 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} Kamba pl (plural only)
  1. a Bantu people of Kenya. Tags: plural, plural-only Translations (a Bantu people of Kenya): ка́мба (kámba) (Russian), Wakamba (Swahili)
    Sense id: en-Kamba-en-noun-W4SNmB47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Download JSON data for Kamba meaning in English (4.5kB)

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