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Swazi

 
Dictionary: Swa·zi   (swä') pronunciation
n., pl., Swazi, or -zis.
  1. A member of a southeast African people of Swaziland and adjacent parts of South Africa.
  2. The Nguni language of this people, closely related to Xhosa and Zulu.

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Bantu-speaking people inhabiting the grasslands of Swaziland and neighbouring regions of South Africa and Mozambique. With the Zulu and the Xhosa, the Swazi (numbering more than two million) form the southern Nguni ethnolinguistic group. They are chiefly agriculturalists and pastoralists. The highest traditional political, economic, and ritual powers are shared by a hereditary male ruler and his mother. The king's wives and children are settled in royal villages, diplomatically dispersed throughout the territory.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: a member of a southeast African people living in Swaziland and adjacent areas

Meaning #2: a Bantu language closely related to Zulu


The adjective Swazi has one meaning:

Meaning #1: of or relating to or characteristic of Swaziland or its people or their language
  Pertains to noun: Swaziland (meaning #1)


Wikipedia: Swazi
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Swazi
Total population
3,500 000
Regions with significant populations
 Swaziland
 South Africa
 Mozambique
Languages

siSwati, English, Afrikaans, Portuguese

Religion

Christianity

Related ethnic groups

other Bantu people

The Swazi are a Bantu-speaking people in southeastern Africa, chiefly in Swaziland and South Africa and some in Mozambique, who speak the siSwati language. They also speak Afrikaans in South Africa, English in South Africa and Swaziland, and Portuguese in Mozambique and South Africa as second languages. More Swazi live in South Africa than in Swaziland.[1]

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Translations: Swazi
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - indbygger i Swaziland
adj. - fra Swaziland

Nederlands (Dutch)
Swazi, uit Swaziland

Français (French)
n. - Swazi, (Ling) swazi
adj. - swazi

Deutsch (German)
n. - Swasi
adj. - Swasi-

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κάτοικος ή η γλώσσα της Σουαζιλάνδης
adj. - της Σουαζιλάνδης

Italiano (Italian)
abitante dello Swaziland

Português (Portuguese)
n. - suazi (m) (f)
adj. - suazi

Русский (Russian)
свази (африканское племя)

Español (Spanish)
n. - nativo de Swazilandia, de Swazilandia
adj. - nativo de Swazilandia, de Swazilandia

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - swaziländare
adj. - swaziländsk

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
非洲南部的斯威士人, 非洲南部的斯威士人的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 非洲南部的斯威士人
adj. - 非洲南部的斯威士人的

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 스와질랜드
adj. - 스와질랜드의

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - スワジ族, スワジ族の言語

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) شخص من شعب أو قبيله البانتو (صفه) من البانتو , ينتمي الى البانتو‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮סוואזי (שבט אפריקאי ושפתו)‬
adj. - ‮של שבט סוואזי או שפתו (באפריקה הדרומית)‬


 
 

 

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