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boma

noun

LanguageTumbuka

Meaning
  1. a walled enclosure
  2. a government station
  3. the government
  4. district
Examples

Tikuya ku boma kukagwira nchito.

We are going to the government station to work.

Part of speechnoun

Usage noteOften used in Southern and Eastern Africa to refer to colonial or modern administrative offices.

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 9 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.