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Definition of: Swahili
(swä·hē′lē) noun plural ·hi·li
1. One of a Bantu people of Zanzibar and the adjacent coast, having an admixture of Arab blood.
2. These people collectively: with the.
3. The agglutinative language of the Swahili, belonging to the Bantu family of languages. [<Arabic, coastal <sawāḥil, plural of sāhil a coast]
—Swa·hi′li·an adjective
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