noun
a member of the Bantu-speaking people of Malawi and eastern Zambia and northern Zimbabwe
• Hypernyms: ↑African
• Member Holonyms:
↑Malawi, ↑Republic of Malawi, ↑Nyasaland, ↑Zambia, ↑Republic of Zambia, ↑Northern Rhodesia, ↑Zimbabwe, ↑Republic of Zimbabwe, ↑Rhodesia, ↑Southern Rhodesia
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Usage: usually capitalized
variant of chewa
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/chay"wah/, n., pl. Cewas, (esp. collectively) Cewa.
Chewa.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.