Etymology

miombo

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Today it means: Any tree of the genus Brachystegia, native to tropical Africa Full definition →

First used 19th c.Bemba miombo
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  1. Bemba · borrowed frommiombo
  2. English todaymiombo

Borrowed from Bemba miombo, plural of muombo.

First known use, by meaning

  • from 19th c. Woodland composed of such trees.

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