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Definition of Swazi
1. Adjective. Of or relating to or characteristic of Swaziland or its people or their language.
2. Noun. A member of a southeast African people living in Swaziland and adjacent areas.
3. Noun. A Bantu language closely related to Zulu.
Definition of Swazi
1. Proper noun. (alternative spelling of Swati) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swazi
Literary usage of Swazi
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... the Fin- goes, the Zulus and the swazi. Kafirs, especially of the Zulu tribe,
are distributed in large numbers over Natal and Cape Colony, ..."
2. Incwadi Yami, Or, Twenty Years' Personal Experience in South Africa by Josiah Wright Matthews (1887)
"... swazi king, was so liberally giving away in concession?, and witness, if
possible, the yearly dance of the swazis, which is a red-letter day throughout ..."
3. Africa by Augustus Henry Keane (1904)
"... Zulus, and Whites of Natal— Inhabitants of the Orange River Colony—Inhabitants
of Transvaal —Towns, Stations—swazi and Tonga Lands. ..."
4. Incwadi Yami, Or, Twenty Years' Personal Experience in South Africa by Josiah Wright Matthews (1887)
"I was especially fortunate in my induna (head man and guide), who was a tall,
fine, strapping swazi and knew every inch of i494) ..."
5. Still Killing: Landmines in Southern Africa by Alex Vines, Arms Project (Human Rights Watch) (1997)
"Longstanding swazi political stability was rocked by the death of King ...
In late December 1988 swazi authorities blamed Renamo rebels for planting some ..."
6. With a policeman in South Africa by Ernest W. Searle (1900)
"... Corps— "Old Jacky"—Grass Fires—The Fight—swazi and Pondoland
Traders—"Down-country"—Around the Camp Fire—"Comrades All"—A Soldier's
Supper"—"Sentry-go. ..."
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