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wazungu

wazungu is the plural of mzungu.

Meaning of mzungu

Noun

mzungu (plural mzungus or wazungu)

  1. (Africa, East) A white person.
    • I have given my daughter to an mzungu, and he says he will make her like the wives of the white men.1888, Joseph Thomson, E. Harris-Smith, Ulu: an African romance: Volume 1

Questions about wazungu

What is wazungu the plural of?
Wazungu is the plural of mzungu.

Words near wazungu in the dictionary

  1. wazn't
  2. wazoo
  3. wazoos
  4. wazukhana
  5. wazukhanas
  6. wazungu
  7. wazungus
  8. wazup
  9. wazwan
  10. wazwans
  11. wazz

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