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Zomba

American  
[zom-buh] / ˈzɒm bə /

noun

  1. a city in and former capital of Malawi in the S part.


Zomba British  
/ ˈzɒmbə /

noun

  1. a city in S Malawi: the capital of Malawi until 1971. Pop: 101 423 (2005)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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While basic mental health services such as assessment and referral are accessible at district and primary care levels, there is only one government-run psychiatric referral facility in the whole country - Zomba Central Hospital.

From BBC Apr. 5, 2026

It should be noted that the film was bankrolled by a wing of the Zomba Group, whose Jive Records label was home to Spears, the Backstreet Boys and R. Kelly.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 26, 2023

The presidential residence State House in the southern city of Zomba soon will be turned into a 100-bed treatment facility, according to officials.

From Washington Times Feb. 3, 2021

They included a rapper named Tiffany “Tia” Hawkins, who in 1996 sued Jive and Calder’s Zomba Recording Corporation, accusing Kelly of picking her up during a visit to his old high school, Kenwood Academy.

From Washington Post May 4, 2018

Zomba was pointed out as a chief on a range of hills on our west: beyond him lies Undi m'senga.

From The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 by Horace Waller

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