Kamba

K5A1M3B3A1

noun

a Bantu people of Kenya.

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Kamba language
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Meanings

Kamba1

nounKamba pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlya Bantu people of Kenya.
proper noun
  1. the language of this people.
  2. an extinct language of Brazil.

Kamba2

proper noun
  1. A county of Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
    3 more examples

    People of all walks of life and various nationalities in Kangpa county along the China-Sikkim border at their rally yesterday marking national day indignantly condemned the Indian aggressors for the crimes of conducting a series of harassing and sabotaging activities in the border area, kidnaping the Chinese border inhabitants, robbing the Chinese of their cows and sheep, and openly firing on the Chinese people in the area. (Tan Chia--all bracketed names phonetic), a 62-year-old woman of (Yu Lu) village exposed the crime of the kidnaping of her daughter (Ka Ti) and the snatching away of a number of hogs from Kangpa county by Indian troops on 29 May this year.

    [1965 October 4 [1965 October 2], “Kangpa County Rally”, in Daily Report: Foreign Radio Broadcasts, number 191, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Lhasa Domestic Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →OCLC, Communist China: International Affairs, page BBB 2

    Under the plan released last week, the highway known as G695 is expected to run through southern Tibet’s Cona county – which lies immediately north of the disputed India-Tibet border demarcated by the Line of Actual Control (LAC) – Kamba county, host of a noted military camp, and Gyirong county near the border with Nepal.

    2022 July 20, Laura Zhou, “China-India border: Beijing’s new highway plans near disputed territory expected to spark concern in Delhi”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 Jul 2022, China / Diplomacy

    Under the plan released last week, the highway known as G695 will run through southern Tibet’s Cona (Tibetan: Tsona) county – which lies immediately north of the disputed India-Tibet border demarcated by the Line of Actual Control (LAC) – Kamba county, host of a noted military camp, and Gyirong county near the border with Nepal.

    2022 July 21, “China to build second highway through Aksai Chin, claimed by India as part of Ladakh”, in Tibetan Review, archived from the original on 21 Jul 2022

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna Bantu language spoken by the Kamba in Kenya

Similar
Kamba language
Broader
BantuBantoid language

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Tibetanགམ་པ
  2. EnglishKamba

Borrowed from Tibetan གམ་པ (gam pa).

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 康巴
  • 康巴 (Kāngbā)county
Russian ка́мба, ка́мба
  • ка́мба (kámba)a Bantu people of Kenya
  • ка́мба (kámba)the language of this people
  • кика́мба (kikámba)the language of this people
Swahili Wakamba
  • Wakambaa Bantu people of Kenya

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

Kamba. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kamba

MLA

“Kamba.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kamba. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Kamba,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kamba.

Source: Kamba on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.