Definition of Chagga

1. Noun. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga in northern Tanzania.

Exact synonyms: Chaga, Kichaga
Generic synonyms: Bantoid Language, Bantu

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chagga

Chaenomeles speciosa
Chaenopsis
Chaenopsis ocellata
Chaeronea
Chaetodipterus
Chaetodipterus faber
Chaetodontidae
Chaetognatha
Chaga
Chagall
Chagallian
Chagas' disease
Chagas-Cruz disease
Chagas disease
Chagatai
Chagga (current term)
Chagres virus
Chahta
Chaidari
Chaidario
Chaidarion
Chaim
Chaim Azriel Weizmann
Chaim Soutine
Chaim Weizmann
Chairboy
Chait
Chakavian
Chalan Beel
Chalca

Literary usage of Chagga

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities by William Smith, Samuel Cheetham (1893)
"This building, in style aud construction, most closely resembles a basilica at Chagga, ... Chagga ..."

2. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1884)
"Caravans bringing slaves from Chagga to the coast do occasionally pass through, but at long intervals, and not many slaves at a time ; those that are ..."

3. The Map of Africa by Treaty by Edward Hertslet, Great Britain (1894)
"Chagga, TAVETA, &c. (KILIMANJARO DISTRICT). About this time (May, 1885) it was reported that the Sultan of Zanzibar had determined to send a more formal ..."

4. Pilkington of Uganda by Charles Forbes Harford (1899)
"Next evening we got within one-and-a-half hours of Chagga ; the men, ... Next day early, we reached Chagga." The chief object of this journey was to ..."

5. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1882)
"There are no rocks in it, hence there is not the least noise to bo heard. It has its source in the snowy mountain of Chagga, and terminates probably in the ..."

6. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1890)
"But he has well nigh played out his rôle in Chagga ; in the west he is ... Instead of the fertile and well-watered slopes and plains of the Chagga district, ..."

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