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Shangaan

British  
/ ˈʃaŋɡɑːn /

noun

  1. a member of any of the Tsonga-speaking Bantu peoples settled in Mozambique and NE Transvaal, esp one who works in a gold mine

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Another album, Shangaan Shake, soon followed, with remixes by such DJ royalty as minimal overlord Ricardo Villalobos and UK techno don Actress.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 5, 2013

He grew up in the rural Limpopo province, nearly 600km from Johannesburg, homeland of Shangaan culture.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 5, 2013

A young man helps the lion, whose name is Letsatsi, because his Shangaan tribal tradition says a white lion is God's messenger and must be protected.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 14, 2010

But the bulk of the show was in various languages — Zulu, Xhosa, Sotho, Pedi and Shangaan.

From New York Times ● Mar. 19, 2010

Although the Shangaans are a proud and noble tribe, at the time, Shangaan was considered a derogatory term.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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