Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A Bantu language spoken in Malawi, closely related to Nyanja.
Wiktionary
- n. A member of an African people inhabiting central Malawi and adjoining areas of Zambia and Mozambique.
- n. The Chichewa language.
- adj. Of or relating to the Chewa or their language.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a member of the Bantu-speaking people of Malawi and eastern Zambia and northern Zimbabwe
Examples
“The Chewa adage Osauka satopa "a poor person never tires" is certainly true in the case of Priscilla Choma.”
“We perform Gule wankulu when we want to install a Chewa chief, during the death of a chief, even at times when the chief commemorates something special that happened in his village, says Gonthi.”
Voice of America: In Malawi, Traditional Dance Called ‘Wicked’
“The Chewa ethnic group is found in some parts of Mozambique and Zambia, as well as in Malawi.”
Voice of America: In Malawi, Traditional Dance Called ‘Wicked’
“Makhole says the Chewa should renounce their traditional beliefs and join Christianity, rather than mixing the two.”
Voice of America: In Malawi, Traditional Dance Called ‘Wicked’
“In Malawi, the first president, Hastings Kamuzu Banda, was a Chewa.”
Voice of America: In Malawi, Traditional Dance Called ‘Wicked’
“English, Ndebele and Chewa and not many Zimbabwean musicians go that far.”
“Chimbetu could take advantage of his Chewa songs as a staring point to”
“To start with, he has not taken advantage of his Swahili and Chewa lyrics and the Benga sounds of his music to make inroads in Central Africa.”
“Expansion of Maravi state system in Chewa-speaking area of the Shire Valley.”
“The country's notes and coins in the Malawian currency, the kwacha (meaning dawn in Chewa language), have featured the head of the now 97-year-old ex-president-for-life Kamuzu Banda for the last”
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INTERP - languages
This is not a scientific list based on unified criteria, the sole aim was to collect as many language names as possible.
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