"mzungu" meaning in Swahili

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Noun

IPA: \mzuŋɡu\
  1. Mzungu.
    Sense id: fr-mzungu-sw-noun-AVO16viM
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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    "Du proto-bantou *jungu. Cognat avec le bemba musungu, le kikuyu muthungu, le kinyarwanda zungu, le ganda muzungu, le shona murungu, le venda mulungu, le zoulou lungu."
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    "Du proto-bantou *jungu. Cognat avec le bemba musungu, le kikuyu muthungu, le kinyarwanda zungu, le ganda muzungu, le shona murungu, le venda mulungu, le zoulou lungu."
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