Mbabane

[ bah-bahn, -bah-nee, uhm-bah- ]

/ bɑˈbɑn, -ˈbɑ ni, əm bɑ- /

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noun

a city in and the capital of Swaziland, in the NW part.

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Words nearby Mbabane

mazy, mazzard, Mazzini, mb, M'Ba, Mbabane, M band, Mbandaka, m-banking, mbaqanga, MBC

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How to use Mbabane in a sentence

He is now about sixty-five years old, and no visit to Mbabane is complete without at least one cup of tea with him and his wife.
Adventures in Swaziland|Owen Rowe O'Neil
All strangers are advised to see Matt's nose or count their visit to Mbabane a rank failure.
Adventures in Swaziland|Owen Rowe O'Neil
All the white residents of Mbabane treated us with the greatest kindness and hospitality.
Adventures in Swaziland|Owen Rowe O'Neil
His salads are famous, so that his few friends in Mbabane often make the hard trek to his little home to share one of them.
Adventures in Swaziland|Owen Rowe O'Neil

We took the short-cut by way of Mbabane and made good time, the roads being fairly hard.
Adventures in Swaziland|Owen Rowe O'Neil

British Dictionary definitions for Mbabane

Mbabane

/ (əmbɑːˈbɑːnɪ) /

noun

the capital of Swaziland, in the northwest: administrative and financial centre, with a large iron mine nearby. Pop: 71 000 (2005 est)

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