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Matabele

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Ma·ta·be·le  (mät-bl, -tä-)
n. pl. Matabele or Mat·a·be·les
See Ndebele.
Matabele [ˌmætəˈbiːlɪ -ˈbɛlɪ]
n
1. (Social Science / Peoples) pl -les, -le a member of a formerly warlike people of southern Africa, now living in Zimbabwe: driven out of the Transvaal by the Boers in 1837 Now known as Ndebele
2. (Linguistics / Languages) the language of this people, belonging to the Bantu group of the Niger-Congo family
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Matabele - a Bantu language sometimes considered a dialect of Zulu
Ndebele
Nguni - a group of southern Bantu languages


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Imagination has been verified by fact; the King Solomon's Mines I dreamed of have been discovered, and are putting out their gold once more, and, according to the latest reports, their diamonds also; the Kukuanas or, rather, the Matabele, have been tamed by the white man's bullets, but still there seem to be many who find pleasure in these simple pages.
King Solomon's Mines by Haggard, Rider H. View in context
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