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wazungus

wazungus 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 wazungus

What is wazungus the plural of?
Wazungus is the plural of mzungu.

Words near wazungus in the dictionary

  1. wazoo
  2. wazoos
  3. wazukhana
  4. wazukhanas
  5. wazungu
  6. wazungus
  7. wazup
  8. wazwan
  9. wazwans
  10. wazz
  11. Wazza

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