Meaning of Mambookie | Babel Free

Definitions

Synonym of Mpondo (“a Bantu people group indigenous to South Africa or a member of it”).

South-Africa, obsolete

Examples

“Adjoining this nation, towards the north, there is, according to them, a still more warlike and intrepid people, whom they call Mambukis.”

“[A]s, for instance, at the present day we find the Amakosa and Amatembu branches perfectly distinct from that of the Mambookie.”

“Between the Amatembu and Port Natal lie the Amaponda, or Mambuki (Mambookies)[…]”

“Proceeding along the coast, the next tribe to the Koossas is one which is called by many different names; that by which it is most generally known is the Gonaaquas, but by the colonists they are usually called Mambuckis.”

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