shamba
1
9.3
A small farm near a village where people grow food
- noun
- UK
:
shamba
- I bought a small shamba near Lake Victoria to grow vegetables and raise chickens.
- shamba garden
Examples
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I made inquiries among the people living in the neighborhood of Bahati's shamba, and what I learned from them satisfied me that Bahati's statements were true.
Academic text (2006) -
Every year, my family travels to visit our shamba in Kenya where we grow fruits and maize.
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The volunteers at the Shamba garden have varying levels of gardening expertise.
Academic text (2004) -
She moved to her husband's shamba (farm) and they had three children.
Academic text (2006) -
The locals worked together to cultivate their shambas during the rainy season.
Synonyms
farmland
vsshamba
45
1.7
Land where people grow crops or raise animals
is a small cultivated plot rather than broad agricultural land
How Big
estate
751
4.2
751
4.2
plantation
88
3.6
88
3.6
farm
∞
1.0
∞
1.0
smallholding
1
7.1
- UK
1
7.1
shamba
1
9.3
- UK
1
9.3
allotment
2
3.7
- UK
2
3.7
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word shamba comes from Swahili, where it means 'farm' or 'field'. Think of a small family garden or plot near the home where people grow food, and you have a shamba, a small farm or plot of land in East Africa.