Nyamwezi

noun

Nyam·​we·​zi

nyämˈwāzē

plural Nyamwezi or Nyamwezis

1

: a Bantu-speaking people of the Unyamwezi region of western Tanganyika comprising one of the two largest communities of the territory

2

: a Bantu language of the Nyamwezi people

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