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    CHICHEWA

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The Bantu language of the Chewa of east central Africaplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("Chichewa" is a kind of...):

    Bantoid language; Bantu (a family of languages widely spoken in the southern half of the African continent)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    A member of the Bantu-speaking people of Malawi and eastern Zambia and northern Zimbabweplay

    Synonyms:

    Cewa; Chewa; Chichewa

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Hypernyms ("Chichewa" is a kind of...):

    African (a native or inhabitant of Africa)

    Holonyms ("Chichewa" is a member of...):

    Malawi; Nyasaland; Republic of Malawi (a landlocked republic in southern central Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1964)

    Northern Rhodesia; Republic of Zambia; Zambia (a republic in central Africa; formerly controlled by Great Britain and called Northern Rhodesia until it gained independence within the commonwealth in 1964)

    Republic of Zimbabwe; Rhodesia; Southern Rhodesia; Zimbabwe (a landlocked republic in south central Africa formerly called Rhodesia; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1980)

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