Kikuyu

Nyambura

Pronounced nyahm-BOO-rahShare

Meaning: Associated with rain

  • Girl
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  • 3 syllables

The story

Nyambura contains the Kikuyu rain word mbura. It is also the name of one of Mumbi’s daughters in the Kikuyu origin tradition, linking its natural image with an ancestral story.

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Rare in US records; use elsewhere may differ.

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Origins

Nyambura comes from Kikuyu.

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