Chewa

noun

Che·​wa

variants or less commonly Cewa

ˈchā(ˌ)wä

plural Chewa or Chewas also Cewa or Cewas

1

: a Bantu-speaking agricultural people of Nyasaland

2

: a member of the Chewa people

Word History

First Known Use

1887, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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