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matabele

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Mat⋅a⋅be⋅le

  [mat-uh-bee-lee]
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–noun, plural -les, (especially collectively) -le.
Ndebele (def. 1).
Origin:
1815–25

Nde⋅be⋅le

  [uhn-duh-bee-lee]
–noun, plural -les, (especially collectively) -le for 1.
1. Also called Matabele. a member of a Nguni people of the Transvaal and Zimbabwe.
2. the Bantu language of these people.
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Ma·ta·be·le   (mä'tə-běl'ā, -tä-)   
n.   pl. Matabele or Mat·a·be·les
See Ndebele.
Nde·be·le   (ən'də-běl'ā)   
n.   pl. Ndebele or Nde·be·les In both senses also called Matabele.

  1. A member of a Zulu people of southwest Zimbabwe.

  2. The Nguni language of the Ndebele.


[Zulu -Ndebele, from Sotho Letêbêlê, a Nguni.]
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