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  • proper noun a people of Tanzania
  • proper noun a Bantu language spoken by this people

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Examples

  • It is likely he intended to write Nyamwezi—the main tribe from the area in northwest Tanzania where Mdisho was born.

    Storyteller Donald Sturrock 2010

  • Among the Mashariki languages, Sukuma and Nyamwezi, the same root forms the basis of the names for "fallow" and "new fields."

    Societies, Religion, and History: Central East Tanzanians and the World They Created, c. 200 BCE to 1800 CE 2008

  • Nyamwezi people from the Tanganyikan interior established a long-distance caravan trade to the Swahili coast, trading ivory for beads and cloth.

    d. East Africa 2001

  • Ivory trade thrived with the Nyamwezi in the central region, while wars encouraged slave trade in the southern region.

    d. East Africa 2001

  • The Nyamwezi trader Msiri arrived at Kazembe and used firearms to gain political power among the Lamba and the Sanga.

    1848 2001

  • Interior peoples, especially the Nyamwezi, Kamba, and Shambaa, took an active role in long-distance trade as porters to the coast.

    d. East Africa 2001

  • Nyamwezi traders from Tanganyika operated caravans from the coast to the eastern part of the Lunda Empire, trading for copper and ivory.

    1848 2001

  • Also eaten as a vegetable in Kiberenge, Sukumaland and among the Nyamwezi of Tanzania.

    Chapter 7 1999

  • London. 1455 pp. Table 1: Alphabetical list of medicinal plants from Tabora region with their vernacular (Nyamwezi) names, part (s) used and diseases treated

    Chapter 7 1991

  • The Nyamwezi genus penetrates south-west to within a short distance of Lake Rukwa.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Various

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