Definitions

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  • proper noun A people who live north of Lake Nyasa.
  • proper noun The Bantu language of this people.
  • noun A member of this people.

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Examples

  • Stayed three days exploring he countryside and visiting a traditional village called Bena abit like the cotswolds would have been a couple of centuries ago!

    TravelPod.com Recent Updates 2009

  • "Bena" in Zulu means to push out the breast and it may be that the name was a round-about allusion to the proud appearance of the dignified Savage, or possibly it had some other recondite signification.

    The Ivory Child Henry Rider Haggard 1890

  • Let them and Raoul Bena depart with your blessing.

    CHAPTER XV 2010

  • The depth and layers of their histories may be somewhat revealed in that they consider both Mgeta and Bunduki their oldest homeland areas. 110 Additionally, Young and Fosbrooke found that "some [Luguru] state that they came from the Bena tribe [Njombe], lying to the south, and others, from the coastal region or from the north."

    Societies, Religion, and History: Central East Tanzanians and the World They Created, c. 200 BCE to 1800 CE 2008

  • Instead, it seems that many Njombe-speaking descendants (after 1000 CE its descendants included Hehe, Bena, Sangu, Kinga, and Kisi) became Ruvu-identified in language and culture.

    Societies, Religion, and History: Central East Tanzanians and the World They Created, c. 200 BCE to 1800 CE 2008

  • I was interested by what Bena Roberts posted over at GoMoNews about the extra pressure on mobile networks over the Xmas and New Year period from festive calls and texts.

    Are mobile New Year's greetings going out of fashion in Japan? Jan Kuczynski 2007

  • The Delta Devils (17-16) had their nine-game winning streak snapped in the first NCAA appearance since 1996 for the 3,767-student school from Itta Bena, Miss., best known as the alma mater of NFL career receiving leader Jerry Rice.

    USATODAY.com 2007

  • I was interested by what Bena Roberts posted over at GoMoNews about the extra pressure on mobile networks over the Xmas and New Year period from festive calls and texts.

    Archive 2007-01-01 Jan Kuczynski 2007

  • Bena is convinced that there's something seriously wrong with their doughy, listless baby, but Ted tells her she's crazy and to shut up about it.

    As The Pages Turn 2008

  • Bena and her husband, a condescending, philandering doctor named Ted, arrive in Pueblo, Colo., in the midst of a drought, as well as the Depression.

    As The Pages Turn 2008

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