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kabaka

UK/kəˈbɑːkə/

kabaka noun: the title of the king of Buganda.

Noun

kabaka (plural kabakas)

  1. The title of the king of Buganda.
    • In the end, Buganda's identification between Crown and Church was so great that when in 1953 the British Governor of Uganda exiled the Kabaka of Buganda for political reasons, the Mothers' Union of the Anglican Church was loud among the chorus of furious protest.2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin Books, published 2010, page 886

Forms of kabaka

pluralkabakas

Origin of kabaka

Borrowed from Luganda akabaka.

Questions about kabaka

What does kabaka mean?
Kabaka means the title of the king of Buganda.
What part of speech is kabaka?
Kabaka is a noun.
How do you pronounce kabaka?
Kabaka is pronounced /kəˈbɑːkə/ (UK).
What is the plural of kabaka?
The plural of kabaka is kabakas.

Words near kabaka in the dictionary

  1. Kababish
  2. kababs
  3. Kabacan
  4. kabaddi
  5. kabadi
  6. kabaka
  7. kabakas
  8. Kabakjian
  9. Kabakjians
  10. Kabakon
  11. kabala

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