Swazi
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About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.Swa·zi
noun \ˈswä-zē\ plural Swazi or Swazis
Definition of SWAZI
1
: a member of a Bantu people of southeastern Africa
2
: siswati
Origin of SWAZI
Zulu iSwazi, iliSwazi
First Known Use: 1878
Rhymes with SWAZI
Swazi
noun (Concise Encyclopedia)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.
Variants of SWAZI
Swazi or Swati
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