Ma·ta·be·le (mä t -b l  , -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
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