jambo
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Origin of jambo
C20: from Swahili
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Listen for fun, but learn too: leelee goro means "little girl" in the Temne language, and jambo is Swahili for "hello."
From Time Magazine Archive
A fruit called Ayyah, which is the jambo of Batavia, was likewise brought off to us: they are as large as middle-sized apples, very juicy and refreshing, and may be eaten in large quantities.
From A Voyage to the South Sea For The Purpose Of Conveying The Bread-Fruit Tree To The West Indies, Including An Account Of The Mutiny On Board The Ship by William Bligh
"Jambo, jambo;"* he announced, striding in and observing our lack of worldly goods with one sweep of the eye.
From The Ivory Trail by Talbot Mundy
They eagerly asked for toore-tooree; and gave in exchange some ornaments of shells, and a kind of plum somewhat resembling a jambo.
From A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 by Matthew Flinders
The jambo apple is a beautiful fruit in appearance being the facsimile of a snow-white pear formed of wax, with a pink blush upon one side.
From Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon by Sir Samuel White Baker
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