Message: "Meaning of African name Nyamko?"

Meaning of African name Nyamko?

by Ylva (guest)

10/19/2006, 4:10 PM

Our new minister of integration and equality is named Nyamko Sabuni. She was born in Burundi but her father was a political refugee from Kongo-Kinshasa (Zaire).

The name is pronounced "Nuy-UMkaw", at least in Sweden.

#African #Nyamko

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- Cleveland Kent Evans (clevelandkentevans) +1

10/19/2006, 7:54 PM

Traditional African Names by Jonathan Musere includes many Hutu or Tutsi names that begin with Nya-, but unfortunately Nyamko is not one of them. The closest to it is Nyambo, which is said to mean "royal cow."

- Ylva (guest)

10/20/2006, 9:54 AM

Thank you

Nyamko probably means "royal" something then.

- bareassed (guest) +1

10/19/2006, 4:21 PM

Have you tried contacting her and asking the meaning of her name, try the following link:
http://www.regeringen.se/pub/road/Classic/article/117/jsp/Render.jsp?a=70258&m=popup&l=en

- Ylva (guest)

10/20/2006, 9:55 AM

I would not want to trouble her with such a frivolous matter. If I ever wrote to a minister, it would be about something political.

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