Bambara

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/bɑmˈbɑɹ.ə//-ɑ/

noun

A member of a Mandé ethnic group native to much of West Africa.

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Meanings

nounBambara (plural Bambaras or Bambara)

plural Bambaras

  1. A member of a Mandé ethnic group native to much of West Africa.
  2. The Bambara groundnut, Vigna subterranea.
proper noun
  1. A West Sudanic language spoken mainly in Mali by as many as six million people, and by smaller numbers of people in Senegal Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, and Gambia.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
bambara groundnut

Translations

Afrikaans Bambara
  • Bambaralanguage
Basque bambara
  • bambaralanguage
Bulgarian Бамбара
  • Бамбараlanguage
Catalan bamana, bamanakan
  • bamanalanguage
  • bamanakanlanguage
  • bambaralanguage
  • bamanaialanguage
  • baumanalanguage
Chinese Mandarin 班巴拉语
  • 班巴拉语language
Czech bambarština
  • bambarštinalanguage
Danish bambara
  • bambaralanguage
Dutch Bambara
  • Bambaralanguage
Esperanto Bambara lingvo, Bambara
  • Bambara lingvolanguage
  • Bambaralanguage
Estonian bambara keel
  • bambara keellanguage
Finnish bambara, bambara
  • bambaraperson
  • bambaralanguage
  • bamanankanlanguage
French bambara
  • bambaralanguage
German Bambara
  • Bambaralanguage
Greek μπαμπάρα
  • μπαμπάρα (bampára)language
Hungarian bambara
  • bambaralanguage
Icelandic bambara
  • bambaralanguage
Indonesian bahasa Bambara
  • bahasa Bambaralanguage
Irish Bambairis
  • Bambairislanguage
Italian bambara
  • bambaralanguage
Japanese バンバラ語
  • バンバラ語 (banbara-go)language
Korean 밤바라어
  • 밤바라어 (bambara'eo)language
Latin lingua Bambara
  • lingua Bambaralanguage
Latvian bambaru valoda
  • bambaru valodalanguage
Lithuanian bambarų
  • bambarųlanguage
Norwegian bambara
  • bambaralanguage
Polish bambara, bamana
  • bambaralanguage
  • bamanalanguage
Portuguese bambara
  • bambaralanguage
Russian бамана, бамбара
  • бамана (bamana)language
  • бамбара (bambara)language
  • бамананкан (bamanankan)language
Spanish bambara
  • bambaralanguage
Swahili Kibambara
  • Kibambaralanguage
Swedish bambara
  • bambaralanguage
Tamil பம்பாரா மொழி
  • பம்பாரா மொழி (pampārā moḻi)language
Turkish Bambara
  • Bambaralanguage
Urdu بمبارا
  • بمباراlanguage
Vietnamese tiếng Bambara
  • tiếng Bambaralanguage
Welsh Bambara
  • Bambaralanguage
Cite this entry
APA

Bambara. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bambara

MLA

“Bambara.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bambara. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Bambara,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bambara.

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