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  • proper noun The Bantu language of the Cheŵa tribe belonging to the Bantu linguistic family and one of Malawi’s national tongues promoted as the country’s lingua franca.

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  • noun a member of the Bantu-speaking people of Malawi and eastern Zambia and northern Zimbabwe
  • noun the Bantu language of the Chewa of east central Africa

Etymologies

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From the Chichewa Chicheŵa, from chi- ("language") + Cheŵa.

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