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Makonde

/məˈkɒndeɪ/

Makonde noun: a people of southeast Tanzania and northern Mozambique.

Noun

Makonde pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A people of southeast Tanzania and northern Mozambique.

Proper noun

Makonde

  1. The Bantu language spoken by the Makonde.

Origin of Makonde

From Chimakonde or Makonde, the Makonde name of the language.

Questions about Makonde

What does Makonde mean?
Makonde means a people of southeast Tanzania and northern Mozambique.
What part of speech is Makonde?
Makonde can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Makonde?
Makonde is pronounced /məˈkɒndeɪ/.

Words near Makonde in the dictionary

  1. Makoare
  2. Makoares
  3. Makogai
  4. makomako
  5. makomakos
  6. Makonde
  7. Makonikey
  8. makoro
  9. makoronyera
  10. makoros
  11. Makorra

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Makonde (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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