ˈbōmə noun
( -s )
Etymology: Swahili
1.
a. : an enclosure (as a barrier of thorn brush or a palisade) erected about a village, camp, or animal pen in central Africa and designed chiefly as a protection against wild beasts
b. : a place of concealment usually protected (as with thorn brush) and camouflaged (as with foliage) and used by hunters or by animal photographers in central Africa : a hunter's blind
2.
a. : a police post in central Africa
b. : the office of a district commissioner in central Africa