Azande

American  

[uh-zan-dee] / əˈzæn di /

noun

plural

Azandes,

plural

Azande

1. a member of a people of the Congo-Sudan region of central Africa.

2. the Adamawa-Eastern language spoken by the Azande.

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adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of the Azande or their language.

Etymology

Origin of Azande

First recorded in 1870–75; probably a self-designation

Example Sentences

“It is an opportunity,” said Atoroba Wilson Rikita Gbudue, the king of the Azande Kingdom in southwest South Sudan, who said that the country was blessed with oil, gold, diamonds and fertile land.

From New York Times

“Niumbaha” means “rare” or “unusual” in Zande, the language of the Azande people of South Sudan, who live near where the specimen was collected.

From Washington Post

Consider the Azande tribe of the Sudan, studied in the 1920s by the anthropologist EE Evans-Pritchard: they have no concept of luck at all; every unwelcome event is due to the malicious intent of someone else.

From The Guardian

"He warned me because he is an Azande, like me," said Jean-Claude, referring to his ethnic group.

From BBC

And among the Azande, a Congo tribe, graves are opened for less innocent purposes.

From Time Magazine Archive