"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. Translations (the language of this people): ка́мба (kámba) (Russian), кика́мба (kikámba) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-Kamba-en-name-qMMd6QlR Disambiguation of 'the language of this people': 85 15
  2. an extinct language of Brazil. Categories (topical): Extinct languages
    Sense id: en-Kamba-en-name-CFB-0BkZ Disambiguation of Extinct languages: 7 54 34 4 Categories (other): English pluralia tantum, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swahili translations Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 11 81 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 12 85 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Swahili translations: 12 72 16
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 Translations (county): 康巴 (Kāngbā) (Chinese Mandarin), གམ་པ (gam pa) (Tibetan)
    Sense id: en-Kamba-en-name-3X6mmMDe Disambiguation of Languages: 23 26 37 15 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Tibetan translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 40 51 2 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 2 24 72 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 41 55 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 42 55 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 4 29 62 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Tibetan translations: 9 26 60 6
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

Alternative forms

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