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Word: chiota (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Usage:

...throb of skin drums mingled with" the high-pitched, cacophonous music of steel-stringed gourds. Fires flickered in every direction under great cauldrons simmering with a beef stew made from 14 cows and oxen. The village of Mahusekwa in Southern Rhodesia's Chiota reserve, only an hour's drive from bustling, modern Salisbury, made ready to crown a King...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTHERN RHODESIA: King Willie | 5/11/1959 | See Source »

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