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bemba

bemba noun: a type of folk drum used in Trinidad and Tobago.

Noun (1)

bemba (plural bembas)

  1. (Trinidad-and-Tobago) A type of folk drum used in Trinidad and Tobago.

Noun (2) capitalized: Bemba

Bemba (plural Bembas or Bemba)

  1. A member of an African tribe inhabiting parts of Zambia, Zaire, Tanzania and Malawi.

Proper noun capitalized: Bemba

Bemba

  1. The language of these people.

Forms of bemba

pluralbembas
alternative formbembe
pluralBembas
pluralBemba

Questions about bemba

What does bemba mean?
Bemba means a type of folk drum used in Trinidad and Tobago.
What part of speech is bemba?
Bemba can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of bemba?
The plural of bemba is bembas.

Words near bemba in the dictionary

  1. bemauls
  2. bemaze
  3. bemazed
  4. bemazes
  5. bemazing
  6. bemba
  7. Bembaland
  8. bembas
  9. bembe
  10. Bemberg
  11. Bembergs

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