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单词 Mwami
释义 Mwami|ˈmwɑːmɪ|
[Native title, = chief.]
The royal title of the former kings of Ruanda and Urundi in Africa.
On independence in 1962 Rwanda (formerly Ruanda) became a republic; Burundi (formerly Urundi) remained a monarchy until 1966 when the Mwami was deposed by a coup.
1890H. M. Stanley In Darkest Africa x. 246 The chief was styled Mwani.1923Glasgow Herald 30 Jan. 12 The Mwami or Sultan of Ruanda..was assisted in his administration of the country by a state religion, and he was in a sense the personification of the deity Imana.1959Times 9 Nov. 8/6 The Mwami (Paramount Chief) of Ruanda sent a letter..expressing regret that he is unable to come to Brussels, where he was to have been received by the king, with the Mwami of Urundi, in private audience.1970A. T. Grove Africa South of Sahara (ed. 2) xi. 201/2 In Burundi the dead Mwami was sewed into the skin of a black bull for burial.
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