Etymology

Mfecane

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Today it means: A period of widespread chaos and warfare among indigenous ethnic communities in southern Africa between 1815 and about 1840. Full definition →

Zulu mfecane
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The story

  1. Zulu · borrowed frommfecane“crushing, scattering”
  2. English todayMfecane

From Zulu mfecane (“crushing, scattering”).

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