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CHEWA

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Overview

CHEWA (noun)
  The noun CHEWA has 1 sense:

1. a member of the Bantu-speaking people of Malawi and eastern Zambia and northern Zimbabweplay

  Familiarity information: CHEWA used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


CHEWA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of the Bantu-speaking people of Malawi and eastern Zambia and northern Zimbabwe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Cewa; Chewa; Chichewa

Hypernyms ("Chewa" is a kind of...):

African (a native or inhabitant of Africa)

Holonyms ("Chewa" 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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