Bemba
Americannoun
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a member of a numerous agricultural people of Zambia.
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the Bantu language spoken by the Bemba, widely used as a lingua franca in Zambia.
noun
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a member of a Negroid people of Africa, living chiefly in Zambia on a high infertile plateau
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the language of this people, belonging to the Bantu group of the Niger-Congo family
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of Bemba
First recorded in 1935–40
Example Sentences
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Though I don’t speak Bemba, I could clap in Bemba.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025
“Stop the Rot,” sung in Bemba, criticizes those who still practice witchcraft in Zambia.
From New York Times • May 30, 2023
"Homecoming" tells the story of Paris nanny Khedidja, played by Diallo Sagna, who travels to Corsica for work with her teenage daughters Jessica and Farah - portrayed by Suzy Bemba and Esther Gohourou.
From Reuters • May 17, 2023
A fifth person, Jean-Pierre Bemba, the former vice-president of DR Congo, was initially found guilty of war crimes before being cleared on appeal last year.
From BBC • Nov. 7, 2019
He heard through Radio Bemba, which is how people are referring to gossip, Radio Big Mouth, that the compound is now a SIM interrogation center.
From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez
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