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baraza

British  
/ baˈraza /

noun

  1. a place where public meetings are held

  2. a palaver or meeting

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Etymology

Origin of baraza

C19: from Swahili

Example Sentences

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However, his substitute gave me his baraza to live in, and brought many presents of goats, fowls, sweet potatoes, yams, plantains, sugarcane, and Indian corn, and apologised in the end for deficiency in hospitality.

From The Discovery of the Source of the Nile by Speke, John Hanning

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