Shangaan Definition

pronoun

An African tribe or clan or nation.

Wiktionary
A member of the tribe.
Wiktionary
The language of the Shangaan.
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Other Word Forms of Shangaan

Noun

Singular:
shangaan
Plural:
shangani

Origin of Shangaan

  • From the name of Soshangani, the leader of the Revolt against Chaka Zulu, who fled to Zimbabwe. Alternatively from Zulu: shangane: a wanderer.

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Shangaan Sentence Examples

  • After that event Basuto entered the country from the south, Bechuana from the west and Swazi, Zulu, Shangaan and other tribes from the east and south-east.

  • In Barberton, Lydenburg and Zoutpansberg districts Shangaan and other east coast tribes are settled, 80,834 being returned as born in the Transvaal.

  • The Shangaan are members of a Bantu tribe from the Delagoa Bay region who took refuge in the Transvaal between 1860 and 1862 to escape Zulu raids.

  • Several other east coast tribes, such as the Bankuna, are of mixed Zulu and Shangaan blood.

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Words Starting With

SSHSHA

Words Ending With

NANAAN

Unscrambles

shangaan

Words Starting With S and Ending With N

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Word Length

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