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Swahili

nunge

NUN-ge

How to say it

SwahilinungeNUN-gesoon
Englishleper colonysoon
Frenchléproseriesoon

Meaning

a settlement or colony where people with leprosy live.

Good to know

leper colony. nungu, nungunungu; porcupine; nungu (globe fish, = bunju). nung'unika grumble, complain, pout

Examples

  • Zamani, wagonjwa wa ukoma waliishi kwenye nunge.In the past, leprosy patients lived in a leper colony.
  • Nunge ile ilikuwa mbali na kijiji kikuu.That leper colony was far from the main village.
  • Wamisionari walijenga hospitali karibu na nunge.Missionaries built a hospital near the leper colony.

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