green mamba

English

noun

Definitions

a venomous snake native to Africa, the common mamba, eastern green mamba.
a venomous snake native to western Africa; the western green mamba.

Etymology

Compound from English green + English mamba derived from Zulu imamba.

Origin

Zulu (Northern)

imamba

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

Green Zone English
Greenacre English
Greencastle English
Greencloth English
Greenfield English
Greenist English
Greenland English
Greenpeace English
Greenville English
antigreen English
ayegreen English
blue-green English
cliffgreen English
engreen English
evergreen English
grass-green English
green English
green-eyed monster English
green-white-checkered English
greenable English
greenage English
greenback English
greenbone English
greenbottle English
greenbrier English
greenbroke English
greenbug English
greenchop English
greencrop English
greenery English
greeneye English
greenfaced English
greenfeed English
greenfield English
greenfinch English
greenfish English
greenfly English
greenfodder English
greengage English
greengill English
greengrocer English
greenhead English
greenheart English
greenhood English
greenhouse English
greenie English
greenify English
greenish English
greenism English
greenkeeper English
greenkeeping English
greenlet English
greenline English
greenling English
greenly English
greenmarket English
greenness English
greenout English
greens English
greensand English
greenscamming English
greenscape English
greenschist English
greenscreen English
greenshank English
greenshirt English
greenshoe English
greensick English
greenside English
greenskin English
greensman English
greenspace English
greenspeak English
greensperson English
greenstone English
greenstuff English
greensward English
greentech English
greenth English
greenward English
greenware English
greenway English
greenweed English
greenwing English
greenwood English
greeny English
hypergreen English
khaki green English
mamba English
microgreen English
monogreen English
multi-green English
multigreen English
nongreen English
outgreen English
red-green English
regreen English
retrogreen English
sempergreen English
ultragreen English
ungreen English
wintergreen English
yellow-green English
griini Finnish
Mamba German
mamba Dutch, Flemish
mamba Polish
grene Middle English
green Danish
green Czech
mamba Afrikaans
*mbámbà Proto-Bantu
imamba Zulu
kūriin Marshallese
grünikön Volapük
grünön Volapük
grünükön Volapük
grin Tok Pisin
grinpela Tok Pisin
mamba Swati
grin Bislama