Galla
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How to use Galla in a sentence
One theory holds that Gedi was deserted to avoid the advancing nomadic Galla tribe coming from Somalia.
Kenya Has Its Own Machu Picchu—the Lost Town of Gedi | Nina Strochlic | September 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe precise relative elevations of the two mountains are, Pedro-talla-Galla 8280 feet, Adam's Peak 7420 feet.
Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I | Karl Ritter von ScherzerThe ancient church at Ravenna of Galla Placidia contained some mosaics, now vanished, but two bas-reliefs refer to the sandal.
Curiosities of Christian History | Croake JamesOnly yesterday a caravan of two thousand camels arrived from Harar in the Galla country.
The River of Darkness | William Murray GraydonThe caravan comprised a dozen Arabs and thirty or forty Somalis of the Galla country.
The River of Darkness | William Murray Graydon
The very day fixed for his escape he was sold to a Galla chief who lived twenty miles distant.
The River of Darkness | William Murray Graydon
British Dictionary definitions for Galla
/ (ˈɡælə) /
plural -las or -la a member of a tall dark-skinned people inhabiting Somalia and SE Ethiopia
the language of this people, belonging to the Cushitic subfamily of the Afro-Asiatic family of languages
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