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The Swahili Baby Boy Name Bwana means - gentleman.
NY Daily News 2011
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Already "Bwana" and "My Dear," as she first heard them called and continued to call them, were as father and mother to her.
The Son of Tarzan 1915
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"Bwana" and "My Dear," as she first heard them called and continued to call them, were as father and mother to her.
Son of Tarzan Edgar Rice Burroughs 1912
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"Bwana," said he, "if you will lend me Winchi, [13] and a lantern, I will bring in the men."
African Camp Fires Stewart Edward White 1909
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"Bwana," said he respectfully, "is it enough that I shut Simba in the tin box, or do you wish to flog him?"
The Land of Footprints Stewart Edward White 1909
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"Bwana," said he with an engaging air of belief and candour, "God must have put them there!"
The Land of Footprints Stewart Edward White 1909
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"Bwana" Jim's Reptile Show combines comedy and education into a zany wildlife presentation filled with live gators, crocs, snapping turtles and venomous snakes, and even a wallaby this year.
Reader - MassLive.com Keith O'Connor 2010
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"Bwana" Jim's Reptile Show combines comedy and education into a zany wildlife presentation filled with live gators, crocs, snapping turtles and venomous snakes, and even a wallaby this year.
Reader - MassLive.com Keith O'Connor 2010
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"Bwana" Jim's Reptile Show combines comedy and education into a zany wildlife presentation filled with live gators, crocs, snapping turtles and venomous snakes, and even a wallaby this year.
Reader - MassLive.com Keith O'Connor 2010
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Set largely in Africa and headlined by Bob Hope, whom Broccoli had met almost 20 years ago as a junior, "Bwana" was a one-of-a-kind for EON.
MI6 :: 007 News 2009
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