how to pronounce mamba

/ˈmɑːmbə/

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mamba is pronounced in two syllables

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meanings of mamba

noun:

Any of various venomous snakes of the genus Dendroaspis, native to Africa, that live in trees.

name:

A dialect of the Zimba language spoken in the Congo.

mamba frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word mamba occurs in english on average 0.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.