Bemba
a member of a numerous agricultural people of Zambia.
the Bantu language spoken by the Bemba, widely used as a lingua franca in Zambia.
Contemporary Examples
Obama, Congo Needs You Now Annie Rashidi-Mulumba May 9, 2011
The Life and Hard Times Of The Family A Cuban Defector Left Behind Brin-Jonathan Butler December 18, 2014
Historical Examples
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 Various
Cornish Characters S. Baring-Gould
The World and Its People: Book VII Anna B. Badlam
noun
(pl) -ba, -bas. a member of a Negroid people of Africa, living chiefly in Zambia on a high infertile plateau
the language of this people, belonging to the Bantu group of the Niger-Congo family
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