wamba
wamba Lexical Profile
• noun
A municipality located in the province of Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain, historically notable as the site where the Visigothic King Wamba was elected.
"During our tour of Castile and León, we visited Wamba, a small town famous for its medieval ossuary and for being the only Spanish municipality whose name begins with the letter W."
A king of the Visigoths who ruled Hispania and Septimania from 672 to 680 AD.
"King Wamba was one of the last prominent Visigothic rulers before the eventual Umayyad conquest of Hispania."
A town and administrative territory situated in the Haut-Uélé province of the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
"Biologists conducting research in the Haut-Uélé province established a temporary base in the town of Wamba to resupply."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Derived from the Gothic personal name Wamba, which is believed to share a Germanic root with the Old English 'wamb' (meaning 'belly' or 'womb'). The Spanish town is famously named after the Visigothic king who was elected there in 672 AD.