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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
| bwana |
| SYLLABICATION: | bwa·na |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  bwä n |
| NOUN: | Used as a form of respectful address in parts of Africa. |
| ETYMOLOGY: | Swahili, from Arabic ’ab n , our father : ’ab, bound form of ’ab, father; see  b in Appendix II + -n, our.
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