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TUTSI

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A member of a Bantu speaking people living in Rwanda and Burundi

Synonyms:

Tutsi; Watusi; Watutsi

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Tutsi" is a kind of...):

Bantu (a member of any of a large number of linguistically related peoples of Central and South Africa)

Holonyms ("Tutsi" is a member of...):

Burundi; Republic of Burundi (a landlocked republic in east central Africa on the northeastern shore of Lake Tanganyika)

Ruanda; Rwanda; Rwandese Republic (a landlocked republic in central Africa; formerly a German colony)

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