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wampum in Bulgarian

wampum in Bulgarian is вампум — wampum means small tube-shaped beads made of polished shell, especially white shell, strung together; once used across eastern North America by Native American peoples for various things, including as jewellery, as money and for keeping records; (countable, archaic) a single such bead.

wampum in Bulgarian

вампум
noun
Pronounced: vampum
(uncountable) Small cylindrical beads made from polished shells (especially white ones) which have been strung together, formerly used by Native American peoples of eastern North America for various purposes including as jewellery and money, and for record-keeping; (countable, archaic) one such bead.

What does "wampum" mean?

  1. noun Small tube-shaped beads made of polished shell, especially white shell, strung together; once used across eastern North America by Native American peoples for various things, including as jewellery, as money and for keeping records; (countable, archaic) a single such bead.
    "These title deeds are of wampum, the grant of an Indian chief to the first Dowell, who left Farnham in Surrey in company with William Penn."
  2. noun Short for 'wampum snake': the common or eastern kingsnake, Lampropeltis getula.
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  • These title deeds are of wampum, the grant of an Indian chief to the first Dowell, who left Farnham in Surrey in company with William Penn.

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What is "wampum" in Bulgarian?
"wampum" in Bulgarian is вампум. wampum means: Small tube-shaped beads made of polished shell, especially white shell, strung together; once used across eastern North America by Native American peoples for various things, including as jewellery, as money and for keeping records; (countable, archaic) a single such bead.
How do you pronounce вампум?
"wampum" in Bulgarian is вампум, pronounced "vampum".
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