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单词 gombolola
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gombololan.

Brit. /ˈɡɒmbəˌləʊlə/, /ˈɡɒmbələ/, U.S. /ˈɡɑmbəˌloʊlə/, /ˈɡɑmbələ/, East African English /ˈɡombola/
Inflections: Plural gombololas, unchanged.
Origin: A borrowing from Luganda. Etymon: Luganda (e)ggombolola.
Etymology: < Luganda (e)ggombolola petty court, subdivision of a ssaza (plural ziggombolola).Compare the following earlier homonym, denoting a fire that is kept burning in the palace of the Kabaka (compare Kabaka n.) for the duration of his reign ( < Luganda ggombolola, a related noun in a different noun class):1902 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 32 51 The fire at the main entrance to the royal enclosure is called Gombolola.
Ugandan English.
In Uganda, chiefly in the kingdom of Buganda: a small administrative district forming a subdivision of a county. Cf. ssaza n.
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1920 Uganda Protectorate Law Rep. 1900–20 II. 311 Accused..arrested last Monday by Gombolola Chief near Nsambya.
1953 Population Stud. 7 188 The East African Statistical Department has made a detailed study by gombolola (sub-county) of the birth and death records from 1932. There were large fluctuations within and between gombololas.
2016 Observer (Kampala, Uganda) (Nexis) 9 May Certificate sales from gombololas raised Shs 280m last year.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2022).
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