"Simba" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: . Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Simba
  1. The Western Bolivian Guaraní language, ISO language code gnw.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Bantu *ncímbá Swahili simbabor. English Simba Borrowed from Swahili simba (“lion”). Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:bor|sw:simba<t:lion><id:lion>|id=name|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Bantu *ncímbá Swahili simbabor. English Simba [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "lion", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Bantu", "term" : "*ncímbá", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "bnt-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Swahili", "term" : "simba", "gloss" : "lion", "lang" : "sw" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "Simba", "lang" : "en" }" data-id="name" data-lang="en" data-title="Simba" id="English:_name"> Borrowed from Swahili simba (“lion”)., {{ety|en|:bor|sw:simba<t:lion><id:lion>|id=name|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Bantu *ncímbá Swahili simbabor. English Simba Borrowed from Swahili simba (“lion”). Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Simba
  1. A male given name from Swahili.
    Sense id: en-Simba-en-name-JB6os23w Categories (other): English given names, English male given names, Languages Disambiguation of Languages: 55 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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