Swazi

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A person from Swaziland/Eswatini or of Swazi/Swati descent originally migrating from Central Africa.

name

A Bantu language primarily spoken in Swaziland/Eswatini and the South African regions adjacent to it.

adj

Of, from, or pertaining to Swaziland/Eswatini, the Swazi people or the Swazi language.

Swazi Swazis Sarawat Swati

From Zulu iSwazi, after the name of an early chief, Mswati. The alternative forms come from Swazi liSwati.

Eswatinian

Wiktionary’s coverage of Swazi terms

Swaziness

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