Lexicographical Neighbors of Rabannas
Literary usage of Rabannas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The International Geography by Hugh Robert Mill (1908)
"... from which cloths called rabannas are made and exported to Mauritius and Reunion.
They also plait a great variety of strong and beautiful mats of ..."
2. The International Geography by Hugh Robert Mill (1915)
"... from which cloths called rabannas are made and exported to Mauritius and Reunion.
They also plait a great variety of strong and beautiful mats of ..."
3. Madagascar and France: With Some Account of the Island, Its People, Its by George A. Shaw (1885)
"... and for export, in the shape of the strong coarse rabannas used so extensively
in Mauritius and Bourbon for packing sugar and coffee. ..."
4. Madagascar Before the Conquest: The Island, the Country, and the People by James Sibree (1896)
"Many thousands of them, under the name of rabannas, are sent to Mauritius and
Reunion, where they are used for a variety of purposes. ..."
5. Raw Products of the World by Ralph Davol (1922)
"Silk is very common in Madagascar—most of the natives wear rabannas and lambas
manufactured of silk and raffia. This weaving is done by hand by women and ..."
6. The Mauritius Almanac and Colonial Register by John B. Kyshe, E. C. Ashley, D. P. Garrioch (1871)
"Bags, empty, when loose, per 25 , Mats, Straw, and rabannas, when loose per 25 ....
J CLASS II. Bags, Bales, Bundles and Trusses above 56 Ibs. or half 1 cwt ..."
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