Definition, Meaning, Synonyms & Anagrams | English word HIMBA

---

Definitions of HIMBA

1. A moribund Bantu language of Gabon.
2. An indigenous people of northern Namibia.
3. The dialect of the Herero language spoken by the Himba people.

---

---

---

---

---

---

---

---

---

Examples of Using HIMBA in a Sentence

• Kunene is home to the Himba people, a subtribe of the Herero, as well as to Damara people and Nama people.
• In the second half of the 19th century, a group of Herero crossed the Kunene River, migrating north to what is now Angola, joining with the Bushmen in Southern Angola; the modern day Himba people originated from this Angolan Herero group.
• 10, while differentiating North-West Herero (Kaokoland Herero, including Zemba and presumably Himba and Hakaona), R.
• Genetic studies have found that Damara are closely related to neighbouring Himba and Herero people, consistent with an origin from Bantu speakers who shifted to a different language and culture.
• Among Namibia's national languages are German, Afrikaans, Oshiwambo, Otjiherero, Portuguese, as well as the languages of the Himba, Nama, San, Kavango and Damara.
• 12 barangays are located on the island of Tandubas (Tongbangkaw, Tapian, Ballak, Kakoong, Tangngah, Silantup, Butun, Kepeng, Sallangan, Tapian Sokah, Sibakloon and Sapa); 2 barangays are located on Tingungun Island (Kalang-kalang and Salamat); 1 barangay is located at Naungan Island (barangay Naungan); 2 barangays are located on Tandubato island (Lahay-Lahay and Tandubato); 2 barangays are located on Tawitawi Island (Himba and Baliongan; marked by an "M"), and 1 barangay located on Taruk Island (Barangay Taruk).
• Soon after, he was given first-ever permission to travel the length of the diamond-strewn (and environmentally sensitive) Namib Desert, a three and a half month long journey he accomplished in 1996 with the collaboration of the Namibian Nature Conservancy, his three camel companions and the Himba nomads of the Namib margins (The Skeleton Coast).
• Commander In Chief (1st) - Ein Bride (1st Hanshin Sansai Himba Stakes 1997), Rascal Suzuka (2nd Tenno Sho 2000), Damsire of Little Amapola (Champion Japanese Three-Year-Old Filly 2008)
  Tenby (10th) - Sun Zeppelin (2nd Satsuki Shō 2007), Carry The Flag (3rd Singapore Airlines International Cup 2000), Mirjan (1st Northumberland Plate 2004)
  Blue Judge (2nd) - Exported to Saudi Arabia
  Wolf Prince (8th) - Exported to America
  Desert Team (11th) - Exported to South Africa
  Planetary Aspect (12th) - Exported to Saudi Arabia.
• Rodrigo De Triano (9th) – Erimo Excel (1st Yushun Himba 1998), Super Hornet (2nd Mile Championship 2007,2008), Rodrigo Rose (3rd Winter Stakes 2004)
  Muhtarram (4th) – Fight Your Corner (1st Henry II Stakes 2005), Muakaad (1st Meld Stakes 2001), Maycocks Bay (Dam of Sariska)
  Twist and Turn (5th) – Exported to India
  Alnasr Alwasheek (7th) – Minor flat winners – Exported to India
  Rainbow Corner (11th) – Exported to Argentina – Exported to Brazil (sperm used for polo horses)
  Pollen Count (16th) – Exported to Zimbabwe.
• Among his progeny were Amber Shadai, winner of the 1983 Autumn Tenno Sho; Dyna Carle, who won the 1983 Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks); 1986 Tokyo Yushun champion Dyna Gulliver; plus Champion Older Mare Dyna Actress and the 1990 Champion 2-year-old filly of Japan, Northern Driver.
• Winners of the Oka Sho usually go on to contest the Yushun Himba and the double has been completed by Sweet Sue (1952), Yamaichi, Miss Onward, Kane Keyaki, Tesco Gaby, Titania, Mejiro Ramonu, Max Beauty, Vega, Still In Love, Buena Vista, Apapane, Gentildonna, Almond Eye and Daring Tact.
• After stepping down from the co-directorship of IRDNC, Garth and Margie Jacobsohn helped to mentor Conservancy Safaris Namibia, a tourism company owned by five Himba conservancies themselves.
• After stepping down from the co-directorship of IRDNC, Garth and Margie Jacobsohn helped to mentor Conservancy Safaris Namibia, a tourism company owned by five Himba conservancies themselves.
• Stuck between the always growing Western influence that wants Africa to remain a place for sight-seeing safaris and their own ancient cultures, the Maasai and Himba are at a crossroads of cultural change.
• During more than three decades of collaboration, they produced African Ark (Abrams, 1990), African Ceremonies (Abrams, 1999), Passages (Abrams, 2000), Surma (Taller Experimental, 2002), Karo (Taller Experimental, 2002), Maasai, Himba, Hamar (Taller Experimental, 2002), Faces of Africa (Abrams, 2004), Lamu: Kenya’s Enchanted Island (Abrams, 2009), and Dinka (Abrams, 2010).
• Otjize is a mixture of butterfat and ochre pigment used by the Himba people of Namibia to protect themselves from the harsh desert climate.
• Omaere is a fermented dairy product prepared in Namibia through the acidification of buttermilk It is produced especially in Kunene (formerly known as Kaokoland), Omaheke and Otjozondjupa regions and Botswana by the Ovaherero, Himba and Mbanderu tribes.
• Epiphaneia's dam Cesario was an outstanding racemare who won the Yushun Himba and the American Oaks and was voted the JRA Award for Best Three-Year-Old Filly in 2005.
• Gold Ship started favourite ahead of Lachesis (Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup), Nuovo Record (Yushun Himba), One And Only (Tokyo Yushun) and Curren Mirotic (Kinko Sho) with Lovely Day the 13.
• The most successful of his offspring was the mare Buena Vista who won six Grade I races including the Tenno Sho and the Japan Cup, Roman Legend (Tokyo Daishoten), Cesario (Yushun Himba, American Oaks) and Toho Jackal (Kikuka Sho).

Page preparation took: 193.91 ms.