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CHICHEWA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The Bantu language of the Chewa of east central Africa
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Chichewa" is a kind of...):
Bantoid language; Bantu (a family of languages widely spoken in the southern half of the African continent)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A member of the Bantu-speaking people of Malawi and eastern Zambia and northern Zimbabwe
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Chichewa" is a kind of...):
African (a native or inhabitant of Africa)
Holonyms ("Chichewa" is a member of...):
Malawi; Nyasaland; Republic of Malawi (a landlocked republic in southern central Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1964)
Northern Rhodesia; Republic of Zambia; Zambia (a republic in central Africa; formerly controlled by Great Britain and called Northern Rhodesia until it gained independence within the commonwealth in 1964)
Republic of Zimbabwe; Rhodesia; Southern Rhodesia; Zimbabwe (a landlocked republic in south central Africa formerly called Rhodesia; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1980)
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