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Zanzibar mats

Zanzibar mats is the plural of Zanzibar mat.

Meaning of Zanzibar mat

Noun

Zanzibar mat (plural Zanzibar mats)

  1. A type of traditional Tanzanian woven mat, made from variously dyed plant fibres.
    • Walking a few yards down this passage, which was lighted with lamps, we came to the entrance of a chamber having a curtain made of some grass material, not unlike a Zanzibar mat in appearance, hung over the doorway.1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC

Questions about Zanzibar mats

What is Zanzibar mats the plural of?
Zanzibar mats is the plural of Zanzibar mat.

Words near Zanzibar mats in the dictionary

  1. Zanzibar
  2. Zanzibar copal
  3. Zanzibar copals
  4. Zanzibar gem
  5. Zanzibar mat
  6. Zanzibar mats
  7. Zanzibari
  8. Zanzibarian
  9. Zanzibarians
  10. Zanzibaris
  11. Zanzy

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