baraza
Britishnoun
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a place where public meetings are held
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a palaver or meeting
Etymology
Origin of baraza
C19: from Swahili
Example Sentences
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However, his substitute gave me his baraza to live in, and brought many presents of goats, fowls, sweet potatoes, yams, plantains, sugarcane, and Indian corn, and apologised in the end for deficiency in hospitality.
From The Discovery of the Source of the Nile by Speke, John Hanning
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