单词 | Mfengu |
释义 | Mfengu/(ə)mˈfɛŋɡuː/South African noun A member of a Xhosa-speaking people of south-eastern Africa descended from several refugee groups displaced during the Mfecane, which settled in the Eastern Cape and southern Transkei during the 1830s.
adjective Of or belonging to the Mfengu, a Xhosa-speaking people of south-eastern Africa. OriginEarly 20th century; earliest use found in The Catholic Encyclopaedia. From Xhosa -mfengu from -mfenguza to beg like a destitute person. |
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