Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A member of a Bantu people inhabiting eastern Zimbabwe and west-central Mozambique.
  • noun The Bantu language of this people, closely related to Shona.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Manyika -manyika, as in Chimanyika, the Manyika language.]

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Examples

  • Of concern is the role a prominent ZANU PF official such as Manyika plays in such acts of violence.

    British Blogs 2008

  • In " Productivity and Growth: The Enduring Connection " op-ed, Feb. 16, James Manyika and Vikram Malhotra tell us that growth and productivity are directly related.

    Measuring Government's Output 2011

  • Manyika is a director of McKinsey & Co. and of the McKinsey Global Institute, where Lund is the director of research.

    From the Ashes 2010

  • "The picture of the U.S. that emerges is 'way ahead 10 years ago, still ahead today, but not as far ahead,'?" says Manyika.

    We’re No. 11! 2010

  • Manyika said state-owned enterprises - including Air Zimbabwe, the railroad and the telephone company - were ordered to cut fares and charges, and a long-defunct state trading corporation was being revived to take over businesses that collapsed or were seized due to what he called "delinquent" manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2007

  • Manyika, political commissar in the Zimbabwe African National

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2006

  • Manyika said students and academics had an important role to play in conducting research for ZANU-PF.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2006

  • Manyika said ZANU-PF would draw on the experiences from the CPC and the good bilateral relations between the two parties to set up the school, the newspaper reported.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2006

  • Manyika said the convention at a school in Goromonzi, about 30 kilometers (18 miles) east of Harare, "recommended" postponing the presidential poll, the state Sunday Mail newspaper reported.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2006

  • "The first and foremost issue is to reaffirm our loyalty to the party and its leadership," Manyika said.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2006

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