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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
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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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France is investigating a dozen cases of Rwandans suspected of involvement in genocide or crimes against humanity in the 1994 atrocities in which more than 800,000 people were killed, mostly ethnic Tutsis.
French investigators take genocide probe to Rwanda by AFP / AFP Global Edition
Desire Munyaneza, 42, had been found guilty of seven counts of war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity for the rape, murder and torture of dozens of Tutsis and moderate Hutus in southern Rwanda from April to July 1994.
Life in prison for Rwanda genocide: Canadian court by AFP / AFP American Edition
8/13/2009 5:47:49 AM Authorities in Democratic Republic of Congo have arrested a man accused of planning the massacre of at least 2,000 Rwandan Tutsis during the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
DR Congo arrests war-crimes suspect by Aljazeera.net
 
 
 
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