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Tambookee

Tambookee is the alternative form of Tambookie.

Meaning of Tambookie

Noun

Tambookie (plural Tambookies)

  1. (obsolete) Thembu
    • This gentleman, in relating the causes of the invasion, states that the Caffres are divided into three great nations — the Amakosas, the Tambookies, and the Amapondas; […]1837, The Asiatic Journal, page 181

Forms of Tambookee

pluralTambookees

Questions about Tambookee

What is Tambookee the alternative form of?
Tambookee is the alternative form of Tambookie.

Words near Tambookee in the dictionary

  1. Tambo Upper
  2. tambon
  3. Tambongon
  4. tambons
  5. tamboo
  6. Tambookee
  7. Tambookees
  8. tambookie
  9. Tambookieland
  10. Tambookies
  11. tambool

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Tambookee (page history and authors); Tambookie (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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