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Chewa

Chewa noun: a member of an African people inhabiting central Malawi and adjoining areas of Zambia and Mozambique.

Noun

Chewa (plural Chewas or Chewa)

  1. A member of an African people inhabiting central Malawi and adjoining areas of Zambia and Mozambique.

Proper noun

Chewa

  1. The Chichewa language.

Adjective

Chewa (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to the Chewa or their language.

Forms of Chewa

pluralChewas
pluralChewa

Origin of Chewa

From Chichewa Mcheŵa and Chicheŵa.

Questions about Chewa

What does Chewa mean?
Chewa means a member of an African people inhabiting central Malawi and adjoining areas of Zambia and Mozambique.
What part of speech is Chewa?
Chewa can be a noun, a proper noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of Chewa?
The plural of Chewa is Chewas.

Words near Chewa in the dictionary

  1. chew toys
  2. chew up
  3. chew up and spit out
  4. chew up the scenery
  5. chew-and-spit
  6. Chewa
  7. chewability
  8. chewable
  9. chewables
  10. chewably
  11. Chewas

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Chewa (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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