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Tutsi

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Tut·si  (tts) also Wa·tut·si (wä-) or Wa·tu·si (-t-)
n. pl. Tutsi or Tut·sis also Watutsi or Wa·tut·sis or Watusi or Wa·tu·sis
A member of a Bantu-speaking people inhabiting Rwanda and Burundi.
[Kinyarwanda.]
Tutsi [ˈtuːtsɪ]
n pl -si, -sis
(Social Science / Peoples) a member of a people of Rwanda and Burundi, probably a Nilotic people
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Tutsi - a member of a Bantu speaking people living in Rwanda and BurundiTutsi - a member of a Bantu speaking people living in Rwanda and Burundi
Watusi, Watutsi
Burundi, Republic of Burundi - a landlocked republic in east central Africa on the northeastern shore of Lake Tanganyika
Ruanda, Rwanda, Rwandese Republic - a landlocked republic in central Africa; formerly a German colony
Bantu - a member of any of a large number of linguistically related peoples of Central and South Africa
Translations
Tutsi [ˈtʊtsi]
adj → tutsi(e)
n → Tutsi(e) m/f
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A key witness whose testimony backs up French charges that Tutsi guerrillas killed Rwanda's ex-president Juvenal Habyarimana, triggering the 1994 genocide, has retracted his claims in an interview.
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I remember listening to BBC Radio during the genocide and hearing commentators talk about the Hutu and Tutsi "tribes.
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