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Bemba
[ bem-buh ]
noun
, plural Bem·bas, (especially collectively) Bem·ba.
- a member of a numerous agricultural people of Zambia.
- the Bantu language spoken by the Bemba, widely used as a lingua franca in Zambia.
Bemba
/ ˈbɛmbə /
noun
- -ba-bas a member of a Negroid people of Africa, living chiefly in Zambia on a high infertile plateau
- the language of this people, belonging to the Bantu group of the Niger-Congo family
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Bemba1
First recorded in 1935–40
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Example Sentences
Not even Radio Bemba (Cuban slang for the rumor mill) had picked up the signal.
From The Daily Beast
Bemba was arrested near Brussels in 2008, and is currently detained at the International Criminal Court on war crimes charges.
From The Daily Beast
Many believe this change is aimed at Jean-Pierre Bemba, leader of the Movement for the Liberation of Congo.
From The Daily Beast
At a distance of nearly four hundred miles from Bemba the Congo, under the name of the Chambesi, takes its rise.
From Project Gutenberg
After dusk we were informed that the men whom we had hired at Bemba as canoe men had run away.
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With it is closely allied that of the Bemba or Emba dialects.
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