Nyanja

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proper noun

The Chichewa language.

OriginChichewa Chinyanjá ← Proto-Bantu *njànjá →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. The Chichewa language.

    He laughed. Her Nyanja wasnʼt bad. ‘You were born here?’

    2019, Namwali Serpell, The Old Drift, Hogarth, page 405

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
chichewa

Origin

  1. Proto-Bantu*kɪ̀-
  2. Chichewachi-
  3. ChichewaChi-
  4. Proto-Bantu*njànjá
  5. Chichewanyanjá
  6. ChichewaChinyanjá
  7. EnglishNyanja

Borrowed from Chichewa Chinyanjá (“Chichewa (language)”).

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APA

Nyanja. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nyanja

MLA

“Nyanja.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nyanja. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Nyanja,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nyanja.

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