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used by some of the Kaffirs and is synonymous ; izikweba- CHAP, 

 sombona = green mielies, i.e. izikweba = ears, and sombona = '• 

 of maize ; um-pa = the cob after the corn has been stripped ; 

 in-tshatshoba = the flower of the maize plant ; isi-gezenge = 

 maize bread made from green maize ; um-kupa = maize- 

 bread made from dry maize. 

 Arabia: durah-shami. 



Argentina: maiz, pinsingallo (a pod-maize). 

 Australia : maize, Indian corn. 

 Austria: kukurutz. 

 Bahamas : maysi. 

 Belgium: mays, Turkisch koorn. 

 Bohemia : kukuf ice. 



Brazil: maiz, milho de Guine, milho grande, milho da 

 India, zabemo, avati or abati. Special breeds have particular 

 names, e.g. milho dourado and milho catete are flints, milho 

 pipoca and milho perola are pop-corns. 

 Burmah : pyoung-boo. 

 Canada : corn, maize, Indian corn. 

 Ceylon : muwa. 



Chile: maiz (Spanish) ; cua (Indian). 

 China: jade sorgho, yuh-kau-liang ; yii-shu-shu. 

 Costa Rica : kup (Boruca) ; ep, ip (Terrabo) ; ain (Guatuso). 

 Cuba : maysi. 

 Denmark : mais. 



Egypt: dourah shammy, dura shami or dourah chamy, 

 dourah de Syrie. 



Ethiopia : manigette (a pod-maize). 

 Fiji: sila-ni-papalegi. 

 Formosa : fanmeh. 



France : mai's, ble de Turquie, ble de l'lnde, ble de Guinee, 

 ble de Rome (Vosges) ; ble de Barbarie (Provence) ; ble 

 d'Espagne (Pyrenees) ; ble des Incas ; ble d'Afrique ; ble 

 Turquet ; ble d'Astrakan ; gros millet des Indes ; mais 

 quarantain, mais nain and mais a poulet are pop-corns ; mais 

 d'ete is an early flint. 



Germany : mais, maiz, Turkischer korn, Turkischer weizen, 

 gemeiner mais. 



Great Britain : maize, Indian corn ; Turkey corn (obsolete;. 

 Greece : arabosite. 



