SWAZI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Swazi mean? 

• SWAZI (noun)
  The noun SWAZI has 2 senses:

1. a member of a southeast African people living in Swaziland and adjacent areas

2. a Bantu language closely related to Zulu

  Familiarity information: SWAZI used as a noun is rare.

• SWAZI (adjective)
  The adjective SWAZI has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or characteristic of Swaziland or its people or their language

  Familiarity information: SWAZI used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SWAZI (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of a southeast African people living in Swaziland and adjacent areas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Swazi" is a kind of...):

African (a native or inhabitant of Africa)

Holonyms ("Swazi" is a member of...):

Kingdom of Swaziland; Swaziland (a landlocked monarchy in southeastern Africa; member of the commonwealth that achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1968)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A Bantu language closely related to Zulu

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Swazi" is a kind of...):

Nguni (a group of southern Bantu languages)

• SWAZI (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of Swaziland or its people or their language

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Swaziland (a landlocked monarchy in southeastern Africa; member of the commonwealth that achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1968)