Borana

noun

Bo·​rana

bəˈranə,

-ränə

variants or less commonly Boran

-n

plural Borana

-nə

or Boranas

-nəz

also Boran

-n

or Borani

-nē

1

: a widely distributed Hamitic people of southern Ethiopia and northeast Uganda

2

: a member of the Borana people

Word History

Etymology

native name in East Africa

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