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Swazi

/swɑː.zi/

Swazi noun: a person from Swaziland/Eswatini or of Swazi/Swati descent originally migrating from Central Africa.

Noun

Swazi (plural Swazis or Swazi)

  1. A person from Swaziland/Eswatini or of Swazi/Swati descent originally migrating from Central Africa.
    • Going global would also help them live off their passion. Mzimandze expresses her optimism, explaining that “as Swazis we’re working on developing this Swazi pop sound.”2017 January 11, “Why music celebrities in Swaziland have day jobs”, in CNN

Proper noun

Swazi (uncountable)

  1. A Bantu language primarily spoken in Swaziland/Eswatini and the South African regions adjacent to it.

Adjective

Swazi (not comparable)

  1. Of, from, or pertaining to Swaziland/Eswatini, the Swazi people or the Swazi language.
    Synonyms:
    Eswatinian

Swazi meaning in Indonesian

Swazi in Indonesian

Bantu language
bahasa Swati

Synonyms of Swazi

Forms of Swazi

pluralSwazis
pluralSwazi
alternative formSarawat
alternative formSwati

Origin of Swazi

From Zulu iSwazi, after the name of an early chief, Mswati. The alternative forms come from Swazi liSwati.

Words formed from Swazi

Questions about Swazi

What does Swazi mean?
Swazi means a person from Swaziland/Eswatini or of Swazi/Swati descent originally migrating from Central Africa.
What is Swazi in Indonesian?
Swazi in Indonesian is bahasa Swati. See Swazi meaning in Indonesian.
What part of speech is Swazi?
Swazi can be a noun, a proper noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce Swazi?
Swazi is pronounced /swɑː.zi/.
What is the plural of Swazi?
The plural of Swazi is Swazis.

Words near Swazi in the dictionary

  1. sways
  2. Swaythling
  3. Swayze
  4. Swayzes
  5. Swaz.
  6. Swazi
  7. Swazian
  8. Swaziland
  9. Swazilander
  10. Swazilanders
  11. Swaziness

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Swazi (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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