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Where does “miombo” come from?

miombo (English) comes from Bemba miombo, from Bemba muombo.

miombo (English): Any tree of the genus Brachystegia

Definitions

  1. Any tree of the genus Brachystegia

Ancestry of “miombo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bembamiombo—
2Bembamuombo—
Every word from Bemba muombo →