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- English_words_of_African_origin abstract "English words of African origin azawakh - probably from Fula or Tuareg. A breed of dog from West and North Africabanjo – probably Bantu mbanzabasenji – breed of dog from Central Africa - Congo, Central African Republic etc. Also visible on Ancient Egyptian stelae.boma – from Swahilibwana – from Swahili, meaning a husband, important person or safari leader.chemistry - from Ancient Egyptian khemia meaning transmutation of earthchimpanzee – loaned in the 18th century from a Bantu language, possibly Kivili ci-mpenzi.dengue – possibly from Swahili dingaebony - from Ancient Egyptian hebenigerenuk - from Somali. A long-necked antelope in Eastern Africa (Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania, Ethiopia and Djibouti).gnu – from Bushman !nu through Khoikhoi i-ngu and Dutch gnoegoober – possibly from Bantu (Kikongo and Kimbundu nguba)gumbo – from Bantu (Kimbundu ngombo meaning \"okra\")impala – from Zulu im-palaimpi – from Zulu language meaning war, battle or a regimentindaba – from Xhosa or Zulu languages – 'stories' or 'news' typically conflated with 'meeting' (often used in South African English)isis - from an Ancient Egyptian name for a god. Isis is a Greek transliteration. Asa occurs as the name for God in Kenyan languages. Isis appears in West Africa as Osu.jenga - from the Swahili word for 'build.'jumbo – from Swahili (jambo (hello) or from Kongo nzamba \"elephant\")kalimba—a type of thumb piano.Kwanzaa – recent coinage (Maulana Karenga 1965) as the name of an African American holiday, abstracted from a Swahili phrase matunda ya kwanza, meaning \"first fruits [of the harvest]\".kijiji - from Swahili for 'village,' 'hamlet' or 'small town.' laibon – from Maasai medicine-man. Used in Kenyan English.lapa – from Sotho languages – enclosure or barbecue area (often used in South African English)macaque – from Bantu makaku through Portuguese and Frenchmamba – from Zulu or Swahili mambamanyatta – from Maasai enclosure or compoundmarimba – from Bantu (Kimbundu and Swahili marimba, malimba)moran – from Maasai class structure for warrior. Used in Kenyan English.okapi – from a language in the Congoosiris - from an Ancient Egyptian god. Osiris is a Greek transliteration. Osiris occurs in the Luhya of Kenya as Siira - to cross and among the Kisii of Kenya as Osoro.safari – from Swahili travel, ultimately from Arabicsangoma – from Zulu – traditional healer (often used in South African English)Tilapia – Possibly a latinization \"thiape\", the Tswana word for fish.tsetse – from a Bantu language (Tswana tsetse, Luhya tsiisi)ubuntu – Nguni term for \"mankind; humanity\", in South Africa since the 1980s also used capitalized, Ubuntu, as the name of a philosophy or ideology of \"human kindness\" or \"humanism\".vuvuzela – musical instrument, name of Zulu or Nguni originzebra – of unknown origin, recorded since c. 1600, possibly from a Congolese language, or alternatively from Amharic.zombie – likely from West African (compare Kikongo zumbi \"fetish\", Kimbundu nzambi \"god\"), but alternatively derived from Spanish sombra \"shade, ghost\".↑ ↑".
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- English_words_of_African_origin wikiPageWikiLink Ancient_Egypt.
- English_words_of_African_origin wikiPageWikiLink Arabic.
- English_words_of_African_origin wikiPageWikiLink Azawakh.
- English_words_of_African_origin wikiPageWikiLink Banjo.
- English_words_of_African_origin wikiPageWikiLink Bantu_languages.
- English_words_of_African_origin wikiPageWikiLink Basenji.
- English_words_of_African_origin wikiPageWikiLink Boma_(enclosure).
- English_words_of_African_origin wikiPageWikiLink Category:English_language.
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- English_words_of_African_origin wikiPageWikiLink Central_Africa.
- English_words_of_African_origin wikiPageWikiLink Central_African_Republic.
- English_words_of_African_origin wikiPageWikiLink Chemistry.
- English_words_of_African_origin wikiPageWikiLink Chimpanzee.
- English_words_of_African_origin wikiPageWikiLink Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo.
- English_words_of_African_origin wikiPageWikiLink Dengue_fever.
- English_words_of_African_origin wikiPageWikiLink Ebony.
- English_words_of_African_origin wikiPageWikiLink Fula_language.
- English_words_of_African_origin wikiPageWikiLink Gerenuk.
- English_words_of_African_origin wikiPageWikiLink God.
- English_words_of_African_origin wikiPageWikiLink Great_Lakes_Bantu_languages.
- English_words_of_African_origin wikiPageWikiLink Gumbo.
- English_words_of_African_origin wikiPageWikiLink Impala.
- English_words_of_African_origin wikiPageWikiLink Impi.
- English_words_of_African_origin wikiPageWikiLink Indaba.
- English_words_of_African_origin wikiPageWikiLink Isis.
- English_words_of_African_origin wikiPageWikiLink Jenga.
- English_words_of_African_origin wikiPageWikiLink Jumbo.
- English_words_of_African_origin wikiPageWikiLink Kenya.
- English_words_of_African_origin wikiPageWikiLink Khoikhoi.
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- English_words_of_African_origin wikiPageWikiLink Kimbundu.
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- English_words_of_African_origin wikiPageWikiLink Kongo_language.
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- English_words_of_African_origin wikiPageWikiLink Kwanzaa.
- English_words_of_African_origin wikiPageWikiLink Lapa_(structure).
- English_words_of_African_origin wikiPageWikiLink Luhya_people.
- English_words_of_African_origin wikiPageWikiLink Maasai_language.
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- English_words_of_African_origin wikiPageWikiLink Macaque.
- English_words_of_African_origin wikiPageWikiLink Mamba.
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- English_words_of_African_origin wikiPageWikiLink Marimba.
- English_words_of_African_origin wikiPageWikiLink Maulana_Karenga.
- English_words_of_African_origin wikiPageWikiLink Mbira.
- English_words_of_African_origin wikiPageWikiLink Nguni_languages.
- English_words_of_African_origin wikiPageWikiLink Okapi.
- English_words_of_African_origin wikiPageWikiLink Osiris.
- English_words_of_African_origin wikiPageWikiLink Peanut.
- English_words_of_African_origin wikiPageWikiLink Romanization_of_Greek.
- English_words_of_African_origin wikiPageWikiLink Safari.
- English_words_of_African_origin wikiPageWikiLink Somali_language.
- English_words_of_African_origin wikiPageWikiLink Sotho_language.
- English_words_of_African_origin wikiPageWikiLink Stele.
- English_words_of_African_origin wikiPageWikiLink Swahili_language.
- English_words_of_African_origin wikiPageWikiLink Tilapia.
- English_words_of_African_origin wikiPageWikiLink Traditional_healers_of_South_Africa.
- English_words_of_African_origin wikiPageWikiLink Tsetse_fly.
- English_words_of_African_origin wikiPageWikiLink Tswana_language.
- English_words_of_African_origin wikiPageWikiLink Tuareg_people.
- English_words_of_African_origin wikiPageWikiLink Ubuntu_(philosophy).
- English_words_of_African_origin wikiPageWikiLink Vili_language.
- English_words_of_African_origin wikiPageWikiLink Vuvuzela.
- English_words_of_African_origin wikiPageWikiLink Wikt:bwana.
- English_words_of_African_origin wikiPageWikiLink Wikt:kwanza.
- English_words_of_African_origin wikiPageWikiLink Wikt:ubuntu.
- English_words_of_African_origin wikiPageWikiLink Wildebeest.
- English_words_of_African_origin wikiPageWikiLink Xhosa_language.
- English_words_of_African_origin wikiPageWikiLink Zebra.
- English_words_of_African_origin wikiPageWikiLink Zombie.
- English_words_of_African_origin wikiPageWikiLink Zulu_language.
- English_words_of_African_origin wikiPageWikiLinkText "English words of African origin".
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- English_words_of_African_origin subject Category:English_language.
- English_words_of_African_origin subject Category:Lists_of_English_words_of_foreign_origin.
- English_words_of_African_origin comment "English words of African origin azawakh - probably from Fula or Tuareg. A breed of dog from West and North Africabanjo – probably Bantu mbanzabasenji – breed of dog from Central Africa - Congo, Central African Republic etc.".
- English_words_of_African_origin label "English words of African origin".
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