bwana

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
12
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈbwɑːnə/

Definition of bwana

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (slang)Big boss, important person.
    “It is Jim C.’s custom always to say “Up Simba” in a fake-deep bwana voice as he hefts the camera to his right shoulder […]”

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Afroasiatic *ʔab- Proto-Semitic *ʔabw- Arabic أَب (ʔab)bor. Swahili bwanabor. English bwana Borrowed from Swahili bwana (“master”), from Arabic أَبُونَا (ʔabūnā, “our father”). Doublet of abbot.

Anagrams of bwana

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