Cewa

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Che•wa

(ˈtʃeɪ wɑ)

n., pl. -was, (esp. collectively) -wa.

1. Also, Cewa. a member of an African people, a branch of the Maravi, living mainly in S Malawi and adjacent parts of Zambia and Mozambique.

2. Also, Chichewa , Cicewa. the Bantu language of the Chewa: an official language of Malawi.

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

Chewa, Chichewa

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

African - a native or inhabitant of Africa

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