mzungu

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Etymology

Borrowed from Swahili mzungu.

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Noun

mzungu (plural mzungus or wazungu)

  1. (East Africa) A white person.
    • 1888, Joseph Thomson, E. Harris-Smith, Ulu: an African romance: Volume 1:
      I have given my daughter to an mzungu, and he says he will make her like the wives of the white men.
    • 2004, Dan McNickle, Teaching and Hunting in East Africa:
      suspicion about an mzungu wanting a copy of the country's constitution

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Chichewa

Etymology

An early borrowing from another African language, ultimately from Common Bantu *mʊ̀díʊ́ngʊ̀.

Pronunciation

Noun

mzungu class 1 (plural azungu class 2)

  1. white person

Swahili

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Etymology

From Common Bantu *mʊ̀díʊ́ngʊ̀.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mˈzu.ᵑɡu/
  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Noun

mzungu (m-wa class, plural wazungu)

  1. European, white person
    Synonym: mweupe
  2. (sometimes derogatory) rich person (who is not white)
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