"shamba" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From Swahili shamba.",
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      "form": "shambas",
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "derived": [
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          "word": "shamba boy"
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          "ref": "1967, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, A Grain of Wheat, EAEP, published 2008, page 4",
          "text": "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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        "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."
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        "(East Africa) 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."
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃambə/",
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  "word": "shamba"
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    "sw:Agriculture",
    "sw:Horticulture"
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        "Africa",
        "East"
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