Swazi

[ swah-zee ]

/ ˈswɑ zi /

noun, plural Swa·zis, (especially collectively) Swa·zi for 1.

a member of a Nguni people of Swaziland and the Republic of South Africa.

the Bantu language of the Swazi.

Example sentences from the Web for swazi

The Swazi display some taste in wood-carving, and others prepare a peculiar water-tight vessel of grass.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 6 |Various
The Swazi king wears no crown, and I suppose the right but awkward phrase would be to speak of Sebuza's "induction as king."

Adventures in Swaziland |Owen Rowe O'Neil
Grouped in a tremendous semi-circle about them were thousands of the Swazi people.

Adventures in Swaziland |Owen Rowe O'Neil
Queen Tzaneen could not reign because she was not a native-born Swazi.

Adventures in Swaziland |Owen Rowe O'Neil

From her earliest girlhood the Swazi woman trains her hair to grow in a sort of cone or pyramid.

Adventures in Swaziland |Owen Rowe O'Neil

British Dictionary definitions for swazi

Swazi

/ (ˈswɑːzɪ) /

noun

plural -zis or -zi a member of a racially mixed people of southern Africa living chiefly in Swaziland, who first formed into a strong political group in the late 19th century

the language of this people: an official language of Swaziland along with English. It belongs to the Niger-Congo family and is closely related to Xhosa and Zulu

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Swazi

noun, plural Swa·zis, (especially collectively) Swa·zi for 1.

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British Dictionary definitions for swazi

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