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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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Zomba was reportedly so eager to team up with MTV Films and the cable channel’s mighty promotional machine that it also put up half of the film’s marketing budget.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 26, 2023

As of February, Nsanjama Private Primary School in Zomba in eastern Malawi enrolled three students with albinism.

From Washington Times Mar. 2, 2020

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

It is thought that Calder, who co-founded the Zomba Group and its subsidiary Jive Records, has an estimated fortune of £1.3bn.

From BBC May 5, 2011

The government capital of the protectorate, however, is Zomba, at the base of the mountain of that name.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various

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