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| —n , -lis, -li | |
| 1. | Also called: Kiswahili a language of E Africa that is an official language of Kenya and Tanzania and is widely used as a lingua franca throughout E and central Africa. It is a member of the Bantu group of the Niger-Congo family, originally spoken in Zanzibar, and has a large number of loan words taken from Arabic and other languages |
| 2. | Mswahili, Also called: Waswahili a member of a people speaking this language, living chiefly in Zanzibar |
| —adj | |
| 3. | of or relating to the Swahilis or their language |
| [C19: from Arabic sawāhil coasts] | |
| Swa'hilian | |
| —adj | |
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