Kamba

See also: kamba

English

Etymology 1

Noun

Kamba pl (plural only)

1. a Bantu people of Kenya.

Translations

a Bantu people of Kenya

• Russian: ка́мба (kámba)
• Swahili: Wakamba

Proper noun

Kamba

1. the language of this people.
2. an extinct language of Brazil.

Translations

the language of this people

• Russian: ка́мба (kámba), кика́мба (kikámba)

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Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Kamba, kam ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Kamba, xba ⁠

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Tibetan གམ་པ (gam pa).

Proper noun

Kamba

1. A county of Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region, China
   • 2022 July 21, “China to build second highway through Aksai Chin, claimed by India as part of Ladakh”, in Tibetan Review‎^[1], archived from the original on 21 July 2022‎^[2]:

     Under the plan released last week, the highway known as G695 will run through southern Tibet’s Cona (Tibetan: Tsona) county – which lies immediately north of the disputed India-Tibet border demarcated by the Line of Actual Control (LAC) – Kamba county, host of a noted military camp, and Gyirong county near the border with Nepal.

Anagrams

• kabam