Chewa

Che·wa (ch

wä)

A Bantu language spoken in Malawi, closely related to Nyanja.

Chewa [ˈtʃeɪwə]

1. (Social Science / Peoples) pl -was, -wa a member of a Negroid people of Malawi, E Zambia, and N Zimbabwe, related to the Bemba

2. (Linguistics / Languages) the language of this people See Chichewa

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Chewa - a member of the Bantu-speaking people of Malawi and eastern Zambia and northern Zimbabwe

Cewa, Chichewa

Malawi, Nyasaland, Republic of Malawi - a landlocked republic in southern central Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1964

Northern Rhodesia, Republic of Zambia, Zambia - a republic in central Africa; formerly controlled by Great Britain and called Northern Rhodesia until it gained independence within the commonwealth in 1964

Republic of Zimbabwe, Rhodesia, Southern Rhodesia, Zimbabwe - a landlocked republic in south central Africa formerly called Rhodesia; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1980

African - a native or inhabitant of Africa

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African Bantoid language Bantu Cewa Chichewa kwacha language Malawi Northern Rhodesia Nyanja Nyasaland people Republic of Malawi Republic of Zambia Republic of Zimbabwe Rhodesia Southern Rhodesia tambala Zambia	Mutharika, who comes from the minority Lomwe tribe, won the May 19 poll by 66 percent, with his main opponent Malawi Congress Party (MCP) leader John Temba, who comes from the country's biggest tribe, the Chewa, trailing at 31 percent. Malawi vote marks new era: analysts by AFP / AFP Global Edition An illustration of this: after colonialism, the Maasai found themselves in Kenya and Tanzania; the Luo found themselves in Uganda, Kenya and Sudan; the Chewa found themselves in Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia. The reason for studying African Religion in post-colonial Africa by Gathogo, Julius Mutugi / Currents in Theology and Mission The Chewa peasantry of Malawi, for example, continue to construct an imagery of the body that is mapped onto the way they experience their landscape. Demilitarizing Disease: Ambivalent Warfare and Audre Lorde's "The ... by Khalid, Robina Josephine / African American Review	Cheviot Cheviot Hills Cheviots Chevisance Chevra Kadisha chevre chèvre chevrette chevron Chevron bones Chevroned Chevronel Chevronwise chevrotain chevvy chevy chew chew away chew off or out chew on chew out chew over chew the fat chew up chew-'n'-spew Chewa chewable Chewer Chewet chewie chewing chewing gum chewing out chewink chewy Cheyenne Cheyenne River Cheyennes Cheyne-Stokes breathing Cheyne-Stokes respiration chez chg. Chhattisgarh chi chi kung chi particle Chi-=scedil.gif=-in-=abreve.gif=-u Chi-lung Chi-Rho chi-square chi-square distribution	chew on chew on chew out chew out chew out chew over chew over chew over chew own tobacco chew the cud chew the cud chew the cud chew the fat chew the fat chew the fat chew the rag chew the rag chew the rag chew up chew up chew up Chew, Benjamin Chew, Goldberger, Low and Nambu chew-'n'-spew chew-in record, functional chew-in technique chew-in technique chew-in technique chew-in technique Chew-The-Fat.com Chewa chewable chewable chewable Chewacla State Park Chewbacca chewed chewed chewed chewed ass chewed ass chewed ass chewed out chewed out chewed over chewed over chewed the cud chewed the cud chewed the cud chewed the fat chewed the fat chewed the rag chewed the rag chewed the scenery chewed the scenery chewed up chewed up chewer chewer chewer chewers

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African
Bantoid language
Bantu
Cewa
Chichewa
kwacha
language
Malawi
Northern Rhodesia
Nyanja
Nyasaland
people
Republic of Malawi
Republic of Zambia
Republic of Zimbabwe
Rhodesia
Southern Rhodesia
tambala
Zambia

Mutharika, who comes from the minority Lomwe tribe, won the May 19 poll by 66 percent, with his main opponent Malawi Congress Party (MCP) leader John Temba, who comes from the country's biggest tribe, the Chewa, trailing at 31 percent.

Malawi vote marks new era: analysts by AFP / AFP Global Edition

An illustration of this: after colonialism, the Maasai found themselves in Kenya and Tanzania; the Luo found themselves in Uganda, Kenya and Sudan; the Chewa found themselves in Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia.

The reason for studying African Religion in post-colonial Africa by Gathogo, Julius Mutugi / Currents in Theology and Mission

The Chewa peasantry of Malawi, for example, continue to construct an imagery of the body that is mapped onto the way they experience their landscape.

Demilitarizing Disease: Ambivalent Warfare and Audre Lorde's "The ... by Khalid, Robina Josephine / African American Review

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