shamba
English
Etymology
From Swahili shamba.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈʃambə/
Noun
shamba (plural shambas)
- (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.
- 1967, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, A Grain of Wheat, EAEP 2008, p. 4:
- To reach his new strip of shamba which lay the other side of Thabai, Mugo had to walk through the dusty village streets.
- 1967, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, A Grain of Wheat, EAEP 2008, p. 4:
Anagrams
- Bahams, Basham
Swahili
![](Images/wiktionary/Bakweri_cocoyam_farmer_from_Cameroon.jpg.webp)
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun
shamba (ma class, plural mashamba)
- garden, farm (any land that is cultivated), field, plantation
- (in plural) the countryside