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Definition of Bantu
1. Noun. A member of any of a large number of linguistically related peoples of Central and South Africa.
Generic synonyms: African
Specialized synonyms: Herero, Hutu, Chiluba, Luba, Sotho, Batswana, Bechuana, Tswana, Tutsi, Watusi, Watutsi, Shona
Specialized synonyms: Herero, Hutu, Chiluba, Luba, Sotho, Batswana, Bechuana, Tswana, Tutsi, Watusi, Watutsi, Shona
2. Adjective. Of or relating to the African people who speak one of the Bantoid languages or to their culture. "The Bantu population of Sierra Leone"
3. Noun. A family of languages widely spoken in the southern half of the African continent.
Exact synonyms: Bantoid Language
Generic synonyms: Niger-congo
Specialized synonyms: Chichewa, Chimwini, Chishona, Fang, Gikuyu, Giriama, Herero, Kamba, Chaga, Chagga, Kichaga, Kinyarwanda, Kiswahili, Kongo, Luba, Tshiluba, Luganda, Luyia, Mashi, Mwera, Nguni, Nyamwezi, Pokomo, Shona, Sotho, Umbundu, Swahili, Tonga
Generic synonyms: Niger-congo
Specialized synonyms: Chichewa, Chimwini, Chishona, Fang, Gikuyu, Giriama, Herero, Kamba, Chaga, Chagga, Kichaga, Kinyarwanda, Kiswahili, Kongo, Luba, Tshiluba, Luganda, Luyia, Mashi, Mwera, Nguni, Nyamwezi, Pokomo, Shona, Sotho, Umbundu, Swahili, Tonga
Definition of Bantu
1. n. A member of one of the great family of Negroid tribes occupying equatorial and southern Africa. These tribes include, as important divisions, the Kafirs, Damaras, Bechuanas, and many tribes whose names begin with Aba- , Ama-, Ba-, Ma-, Wa-, variants of the Bantu plural personal prefix Aba-, as in Ba-ntu, or Aba-ntu, itself a combination of this prefix with the syllable -ntu, a person.
Definition of Bantu
1. a group of African languages [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bantu
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