Chokwe
noun
Chok·we
\ˈchäkwē\
Definition of Chokwe
Chokwe
orChokwes
1a : a scattered people of northeastern Angola and adjacent parts of Democratic Republic of the Congo noted for the religious masks that they produce b : a member of such people
2 : a Bantu language of the Chokwe people closely related to or perhaps a dialect of Lwena
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