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nounabelungu (countable and uncountable, plural abelungu)
alternative abeLungu · alternative Abelungu
- South AfricacountablederogatoryuncountableWhite people collectively.
Chief Joyi said that the African people lived in relative peace until the coming of the abelungu, the white people, who arrived from across the sea with fire-breathing weapons.
1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, London: Abacus, published 2010, page 27
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abelungu. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abelungu
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“abelungu.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abelungu. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “abelungu,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abelungu.
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