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Zulu

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Noun

1. zulu

a member of the tall Negroid people of eastern South Africa; some live in KwaZulu-Natal under the traditional clan system but many now work in the cities

2. zulu

a community of Negroid people in eastern South Africa

3. zulu

a Bantu language of considerable literary importance in southeastern Africa

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Zulu

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noun
1. plural -lus or -lu
a member of a people of SE Africa, living chiefly in South Africa, who became dominant during the 19th century due to a warrior-clan system organized by the powerful leader, Shaka
2. 
the language of this people, belonging to the Bantu group of the Niger-Congo family, closely related to Swazi and Xhosa
3. communications
a code word for the letter z

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Zulu

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noun
1. Word forms: plural ˈZulus or ˈZulu
a member of a people living mainly in KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa
2. 
the Bantu language of this people, closely related to Xhosa
adjective
3. 
of the Zulus or their language or culture

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Zulu

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n. pl. Zulu or Zu·lus
1. A member of a Bantu people of southeast Africa, primarily inhabiting northeast Natal province in South Africa.
2. The Nguni language of this people, closely related to Xhosa.

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