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boma

noun

Meaning

  1. An enclosure usually made of thorn bushes, and latterly of steel fencing, for protection from marauders.
  2. A stockade made of bushes and thorns.
  3. A hide.
  4. A hut.
  5. (East African) A military or police post or magistracy.
  6. A type of fertilizer rich in animal dung.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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