Chewa

or Ce·wa

[chey-wah]

noun

a member of a Bantu-speaking people of Malawi.

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

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British Dictionary definitions for chewa

Chewa

noun

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

the language of this peopleSee Chichewa

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