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Swazi

noun

Meaning

  1. Of, from, or pertaining to Swaziland/Eswatini, the Swazi people or the Swazi language.
  2. A person from Swaziland/Eswatini or of Swazi/Swati descent originally migrating from Central Africa.
  3. A Bantu language primarily spoken in Swaziland/Eswatini and the South African regions adjacent to it.

Etymology / origin

From Zulu iSwazi, after the name of an early chief, Mswati. The alternative forms come from Swazi liSwati.

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