ˈzandē noun
or zan·deh -də
( plural zande or zandes or zandeh or zandehs )
Usage: usually capitalized
1.
a. : an African people of considerable prominence in the history and development of the region of the Congo-Sudan frontier especially over the past century
b. : a member of such people
2. : an Adamawa-Eastern language of the Zande people spoken in the northern Congo and southwestern Sudan