Kiswahili
or ki-Swa·hi·li
[ kee-swah-hee-lee ]
/ ˌki swɑˈhi li /
noun
a variant of Swahili (def. 2).
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Which of the following animal names traces its immediate origin to Portuguese?
Words nearby Kiswahili
kist, Kistna, kistvaen, Kisumu, kiswah, Kiswahili, kit, Kitagawa Utamaro, Kitaj, Kitakyushu, kit and caboodle
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