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Rwala

noun
Rwa·la
variants: or Ruwala or Ruwalla \rəˈwälə \ or less commonly Ruala \rüˈälə \
plural Rwala or Rwalas or Ruwala or Ruwalas or Ruwalla or Ruwallas

Definition of Rwala 

: a member of an Arabian people regarded as true Bedouins and related to the Anezeh group of peoples

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First Known Use of Rwala

circa 1817, in the meaning defined above

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