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Chokwe

noun
Chok·​we | \ ˈchäkwē\
plural Chokwe or Chokwes

Definition of Chokwe

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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