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bembe

bembe is the alternative spelling of bemba.

Meaning of bemba

Noun

bemba (plural bembas)

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

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Noun capitalized: Bembe

Bembe pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) An ethnic group based in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and western Kigoma Region of Tanzania.

Proper noun capitalized: Bembe

Bembe

  1. The language of these people.

Forms of bembe

pluralbembes

Questions about bembe

What does bembe mean?
Bembe means an ethnic group based in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and western Kigoma Region of Tanzania.
What is bembe the alternative spelling of?
Bembe is the alternative spelling of bemba.
What part of speech is bembe?
Bembe can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of bembe?
The plural of bembe is bembes.

Words near bembe in the dictionary

  1. bemazes
  2. bemazing
  3. bemba
  4. Bembaland
  5. bembas
  6. bembe
  7. Bemberg
  8. Bembergs
  9. bembes
  10. bembicid
  11. bembicids

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bembe (page history and authors); Bembe (page history and authors); bemba (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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