Kinyarwanda
icyambu
Word parts: icy-ambu
ee-CHAH-mboo
How to say it
Kinyarwandaicyambuee-CHAH-mboosoon
Englishportsoon
Frenchportsoon
Meaning
a port or harbor, a place where boats dock.
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port
Examples
- Ubwato bwageze ku cyambu saa sita.The boat arrived at the port at noon.
- Icyambu cya Rusizi gikoreshwa n'abarobyi benshi.The port of Rusizi is used by many fishermen.
- Ntabwo icyambu cyacu kinini nk'icyo mu bindi bihugu.Our port is not as big as those in other countries.
- Bazubaka icyambu gishya ku nyanja.They will build a new port on the lake.
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