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Shamba

🇹🇿 Tanzania Slang
Added Aug 21, 2025 · 2 definitions
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Shamba definition 1

Shamba la kilimo (Farm/agricultural land)

"Shamba langu lina mahindi na maharage (My farm has maize and beans)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 21, 2025
DEFINITION 2

Shamba definition 2

Shamba/eneo la kilimo (Farm/agricultural area)

"Shamba la kahawa lina mazao mazuri (Coffee farm has good crops)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 21, 2025

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Country
🇹🇿 Tanzania
Definitions
2 community definitions
Added
August 2025

↻ Similar Words

Shamba 🇺🇬 Uganda

Shamba (Farm - from Swahili)

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Shamba 🇰🇪 Kenya

Shamba kwa Kimijikenda (Farm in Mijikenda)

"Shamba ra haha (Father's farm)"

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This word is also used in 3 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Shamba 🇺🇬 Uganda

Shamba (Farm - from Swahili)
Shamba 🇰🇪 Kenya

Shamba kwa Kimijikenda (Farm in Mijikenda)
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