tambala

[ tahm-bah-luh ]

noun

a bronze coin and monetary unit of Malawi, one 100th of a kwacha.

Origin of tambala

¹

First recorded in 1970–75; from Nyanja: literally, “cockerel”

Words Nearby tambala

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How to use tambala in a sentence

In the city of tambala also many suffered for the right faith, and in that of Aqu regi two brothers exhibited great constancy.
The Lives of the Saints, Volume III (of 16): March | Sabine Baring-Gould

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