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bundu

bundu noun: a wilderness region, away from cities.

Noun

bundu (plural bundus)

  1. (South Africa) A wilderness region, away from cities.
    • “You start thinking again: ‘It's for all you cunts down there in Pretoria we're getting blown to pieces in this bundu.’”1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage, published 2000, page 291
    • […] before she reached Pholela in the wintry mountainous bundus of Bulwer.2005, Mazo Sybil T. MaDlamini Buthelezi, African Nurse Pioneers in KwaZulu/Natal - 1920-2000, page 113

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Bundu

Bundu

  1. (historical) A state in Africa, later a French protectorate dependent on the colony of Senegal.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Bundu

Bundu

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of Bondo (“Sande society”).

Forms of bundu

Noun
pluralbundus
Proper noun
alternative formBondu
alternative formBondou
alternative formBoundou

Origin of bundu

From Shona bundo (“grassland”).

Questions about bundu

What does bundu mean?
Bundu means a wilderness region, away from cities.
What part of speech is bundu?
Bundu can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of bundu?
The plural of bundu is bundus.

Words near bundu in the dictionary

  1. bunds
  2. bundt
  3. bundt cake
  4. bundt cakes
  5. bundts
  6. bundu
  7. Bunducan
  8. Bundure
  9. bundus
  10. bundwall
  11. bundy

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