simba

/ (ˈsɪmbə) /

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noun

an E African word for lion

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Word Origin for simba

Swahili

Words nearby simba

Si-ma Qian, simar, simarouba, simaroubaceous, simazine, simba, Simbirsk, SIM card, Simchath Torah, Simcoe, Simenon

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How to use simba in a sentence

A Simba commander yelled the order and anxious rebels began ricocheting bullets into the fleeing group.
‘Argo’ in the Congo: The Ghosts of the Stanleyville Hostage Crisis|Nina Strochlic|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In 1964, Kabila had been a Simba leader, and Mobutu had commanded the Congolese army.
‘Argo’ in the Congo: The Ghosts of the Stanleyville Hostage Crisis|Nina Strochlic|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A Simba soldier passed twice in front of the glass door and left, failing to spot the stowaways.
‘Argo’ in the Congo: The Ghosts of the Stanleyville Hostage Crisis|Nina Strochlic|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Elton John reportedly rejected that idea, which is how the now-famous love scene between Simba and Nala came to be.
‘The Lion King’ Turns 20: Every Crazy, Weird Fact About the Disney Classic|Kevin Fallon|June 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST

“Everything you see exists together in a delicate balance,” he says to Simba.
The 13 Coolest Movie Dads: ‘Taken,’ ‘Star Wars,’ ‘Die Hard,’ and More|Marlow Stern|June 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the early hours of morning, we stopped at Simba, the "Place of Lions," where the station-master has many lion scares even now.
In Africa|John T. McCutcheon
Simba led the rout and the head-priest brought up the rear, skipping along upon one leg.
The Ivory Child|H. Rider Haggard
With a slow, steady pull he dragged Simba from the chair so that he fell upon the ground near his left foreleg.
The Ivory Child|H. Rider Haggard
Our carriage stopped upon a siding at Simba Station for three days, in order that we might more closely examine the local fauna.
My African Journey|Winston Churchill
The country all around is devastated, and Arab force is at Simba's.
The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume II (of 2), 1869-1873|David Livingstone

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