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Bantu

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  1. 1. adj. of or relating to the African people who speak one of the Bantoid languages or to their culture Source: wordnet
  2. 2. n. a member of any of a large number of linguistically related peoples of Central and South Africa Source: wordnet
  3. 3. n. a family of languages widely spoken in the southern half of the African continent Source: wordnet
  4. 4. A member of one of the great family of Negroid tribes occupying equatorial and southern Africa. These tribes include, as important divisions, the Kafirs, Damaras, Bechuanas, and many tribes whose names begin with Aba-, Ama-, Ba-, Ma-, Wa-, variants of the Bantu plural personal prefix Aba-, as in Ba-ntu, or Aba-ntu, itself a combination of this prefix with the syllable -ntu, a person. -- Ban"tu, a. Source: webster
  5. 5. A member of one of the great family of Negroid tribes occupyingequatorial and southern Africa. These tribes include, as importantdivisions, the Kafirs, Damaras, Bechuanas, and many tribes whosenames begin with Aba-, Ama-, Ba-, Ma-, Wa-, variants of the Bantuplural personal prefix Aba-, as in Ba-ntu, or Aba-ntu, itself acombination of this prefix with the syllable -ntu, a person. --Ban"tu, a. Source: adambom
  6. 6. n. a member of any of a large number of linguistically related peoples of Central and South Africa n. a family of languages widely spoken in the southern half of the African continent a. of or relating to the African people who speak one of the Bantoid languages or to their culture Source: ecdict

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