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INDABA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does indaba mean?
• INDABA (noun)
The noun INDABA has 1 sense:
1. a council at which indigenous peoples of southern Africa meet to discuss some important question
Familiarity information: INDABA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A council at which indigenous peoples of southern Africa meet to discuss some important question
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("indaba" is a kind of...):
council (a meeting of people for consultation)
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