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Nyambura

Of the rain; born during the rainy season

nyahm-BOO-rah

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Origin

Kikuyu

Language

Niger-Congo (Bantu)

Pronunciation

nyahm-BOO-rah

Gender

female

Cultural Significance

A Kikuyu clan name connecting the child to the rain and agricultural fertility, central to Kikuyu cosmology.

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