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Chewa

noun
Che·​wa
variants: or less commonly Cewa \ ˈchā(ˌ)wä \
plural Chewa or Chewas also Cewa or Cewas

Definition of Chewa 

1 : a Bantu-speaking agricultural people of Nyasaland

2 : a member of the Chewa people

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First Known Use of Chewa

1887, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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