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  • proper noun a city in São Paulo, Brazil.
  • proper noun a town in Kenya.
  • proper noun a Bantu language of Kenya.

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Examples

  • HOLMES: Emily's first visit to Africa was to her sponsored village of Embu, Kenya.

    CNN Transcript Jun 7, 2009 2009

  • HOLMES: Compassion did find Emily a project in Embu, Kenya a remote village with 75 mothers but the project came with a price tag, $40,000.

    CNN Transcript Jun 7, 2009 2009

  • Fear of witchcraft pervades an Embu village where at least seven people have committed suicide in the last one month under circumstances associated with sorcery.

    Suspicion Falls On Witchcraft After Suicides Christopher 2008

  • Fear of witchcraft pervades an Embu village where at least seven people have committed suicide in the last one month under circumstances associated with sorcery.

    Archive 2008-02-01 Christopher 2008

  • Neither Elkins nor anyone else has suggested that the Meru and Embu suffered disproportionately in the Emergency.

    The End of the Mau Mau Elstein, David 2005

  • In those fourteen years, the population of Kikuyu, Embu, and Meru (all Kikuyu speakers) grew more slowly than three groups further from the fighting, the Kamba, Luo, and Lahya.

    The End of the Mau Mau Elstein, David 2005

  • The real Kikuyu (two thirds of the total) actually grew by 56 percent, with the Meru increasing by only 35 percent and the Embu declining by 15 percent.

    The End of the Mau Mau Elstein, David 2005

  • Four members of the banned Mungiki sect were yesterday arrested for barricading the Embu-Makutano road in Kirinyaga.

    Mungiki Sect Group Arrested for Causing Road Chaos 2002

  • British Airways Travel Clinics have warned South Africans travelling to Kenya to be wary of a suspected typhoid outbreak in the town of Embu.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2001

  • Bajun: ukwaju Boni: mukai Borana: roka, roqa Digo: mkwaju Embu: muthithi English: tamarind

    Chapter 7 1999

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