NGUNI

Meaning of NGUNI in English

noun

see ngoni

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

NGUNI — Cluster of related ethnic groups living in South Africa, Swaziland, and Zimbabwe, including the Xhosa , Zulu , Swazi , …
Английский словарь Британика
NGUNI — /euhng gooh"nee/ , n. , pl. Ngunis , ( esp. collectively ) Nguni for 1. 1. a member of a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NGUNI — [ (ə)ŋ'gu:ni ] ■ noun ( plural same) 1》 a member of a group of Bantu-speaking peoples living mainly in …
Concise Oxford English vocab
NGUNI — cluster of related Bantu-speaking ethnic groups living in South Africa, Swaziland, and Zimbabwe, whose ancestors inhabited a broad band of …
Britannica English vocabulary
NGUNI — Nguni BrE AmE ə ŋ ˈɡuːn i
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
NGUNI — n. Cluster of related ethnic groups living in South Africa, Swaziland, and Zimbabwe, including the Xhosa , Zulu , Swazi …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
ZULU — Nguni-speaking people living in KwaZulu/Natal province in South Africa. Numbering about 9.5 million, they are South Africa's largest ethnic group. …
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XHOSA — People living primarily in East Cape province, South Africa. They form part of the southern Nguni group of Bantu-speaking peoples. …
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SWAZI — or Swati Bantu-speaking people inhabiting the grasslands of Swaziland and neighbouring regions of South Africa and Mozambique. With the Zulu …
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SOTHO — Cluster of Bantu-speaking peoples (numbering 10 million) occupying the high grasslands of southern Africa, mainly parts of South Africa, Botswana, …
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NDEBELE — formerly Matabele Bantu-speaking people who live primarily around the city of Bulawayo , Zimb. , but also in Botswana. They …
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MFECANE — ("The Crushing") Series of Zulu and other Nguni wars and forced migrations in the early 19th century that changed the …
Английский словарь Британика
NGONI — əŋˈgōnē noun or ngu·ni -günē ( plural ngoni or ngonis or nguni or ngunis ) Usage: usually capitalized 1. a. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ZULU — /zooh"looh/ , n. , pl. Zulus , ( esp. collectively ) Zulu for 1, adj. n. 1. a member of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
XHOSA — /koh"seuh, -zeuh, kaw"-/ , n. , pl. Xhosas , ( esp. collectively ) Xhosa for 1. 1. a member of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SWAZI — /swah"zee/ , n. , pl. Swazis , ( esp. collectively ) Swazi for 1. 1. a member of a Nguni …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NGONI — /euhng goh"nee/ , n. , pl. Ngonis , ( esp. collectively ) Ngoni for 1, 3. 1. a member of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NDEBELE — /euhn deuh bee"lee/ , n. , pl. Ndebeles , ( esp. collectively ) Ndebele for 1. 1. Also called Matabele …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FANAKALO — [ ˌfanaga'lɒ , 'fanagalɒ ] (also Fanagalo ) ■ noun S. African a lingua franca developed and used by the …
Concise Oxford English vocab
CLICK — in phonetics, a suction sound made in the mouth. Click sounds occur in a number of African languages and are …
Britannica English vocabulary
ZULU — a nation of Nguni-speaking people in KwaZulu/Natal province, South Africa. They are a branch of the southern Bantu and have …
Britannica English vocabulary
TRANSKEI — former republic (though never internationally recognized as such) in southern Africa. It lay along the Indian Ocean and was surrounded …
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TEMBU — also spelled Thembu, Bantu-speaking people who inhabit the upper reaches of the Mzimvubu River in Eastern province, South Africa. The …
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SWAZILAND, FLAG OF — national flag consisting of horizontal stripes of blue, yellow, crimson, yellow, and blue, with a Swazi shield and weapons in …
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NDEBELE — also called Transvaal Ndebele, any of several Bantu-speaking African peoples who live primarily in Northern and Mpumalanga provinces in South …
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NATAL — former province of South Africa. It was the smallest of the four traditional provinces and occupied the southeastern part of …
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MPONDO — also spelled Pondo, group of Nguni-speaking peoples who have for several centuries occupied the area between the Mtata and Mtamvuna …
Britannica English vocabulary
MFECANE — (ZuluThe Crushing) , Sotho Difaqane series of Zulu and other Nguni wars and forced migrations of the second and third …
Britannica English vocabulary
MATABELELAND — traditional region in southwestern Zimbabwe, inhabited mainly by the Bantu-speaking Ndebele people. It includes the southwestern portion of Zimbabwe's High …
Britannica English vocabulary
DINGISWAYO — died 1817 chieftain, from 1807, of the Mtetwa clan of the North (Natal) Nguni division of the Bantu people. Dingiswayo …
Britannica English vocabulary
FUNDI — / ˈfʊndiː; NAmE / noun ( SAfrE ) a person who is very skilled at sth or who has gained …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

Webster's New International English Dictionary

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