Etymology

boma

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Today it means: An enclosure usually made of thorn bushes, and latterly of steel fencing, for protection from marauders. Full definition →

Swahili boma
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  1. Swahili · borrowed fromboma
  2. Swahili · borrowed fromboma
  3. English todayboma

Borrowed from Swahili boma (“enclosure, fortified outpost”).

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