Swazi

adj, name, noun

adj, name, noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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.”"

  2. 2
    a Bantu language closely related to Zulu, with about three million speakers wordnet
  3. 3
    a member of a southeast African people living in Swaziland and adjacent areas wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, from, or pertaining to Swaziland/Eswatini, the Swazi people or the Swazi language. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to or characteristic of Swaziland or its people or their language wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A Bantu language primarily spoken in Swaziland/Eswatini and the South African regions adjacent to it. uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms
eswatinianswazi language

Example

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"The Republic of South Africa’s official languages are: Afrikaans, English, Northern Sotho, Sesotho, Southern Ndebele, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, and Zulu."

Etymology

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

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.