Chewa

or Ce·wa

[ chey-wah ]

noun
  1. a member of a Bantu-speaking people of Malawi.

  2. Also called Chichewa. the Bantu language of the Chewa people, widely spoken in Malawi.

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British Dictionary definitions for Chewa

Chewa

/ (ˈtʃeɪwə) /


noun
  1. plural -was or -wa a member of a Negroid people of Malawi, E Zambia, and N Zimbabwe, related to the Bemba

  2. the language of this people: See Chichewa

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