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Chichewa
(tʃɪˈtʃeɪwə)n
(Languages) the language of the Chewa people of central Africa, widely used as a lingua franca in Malawi. It belongs to the Bantu group of the Niger-Congo family
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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.
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| Noun | 1. | Chichewa - a member of the Bantu-speaking people of Malawi and eastern Zambia and northern Zimbabwe 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 |
| 2. | Chichewa - the Bantu language of the Chewa of east central Africa Bantoid language, Bantu - a family of languages widely spoken in the southern half of the African continent |
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