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Ngami

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[ng-gah-mee] / ŋˈgɑ mi /

noun

  1. Lake, a shallow marshy lake in NW Botswana, N of the Kalahari desert. About 40 miles (64 km) long.


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Those plaintiffs are the families of 24-year-old Samya Rose Stumo, and of a married Kenyan couple, Jared Babu Mwazo and Mercy Ngami Ndivo, who left behind a baby.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 21, 2024

In the north-west a thousand flakes of cloud flushed with crimson lake, just as they had flushed above the vast plains of that wild Ngami country a million times before.

From From Veldt Camp Fires by Bryden, H.A.

On the west side the Bushmen are still heard of as far north as the Cunene, and in the interior beyond Lake Ngami nearly to the right bank of the Zambesi.

From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court

Lake Ngami in the far south is now a mere swamp.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various

In the vicinity of Lake Ngami, Livingstone found them to be of larger stature and darker color, while Baines measured some in this region who were five feet six inches in height.

From Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution by Morris, Charles