mzungu
adjective/əmˈzʊŋɡuː/
/əmˈzʊŋɡuː/
East African English [mˈzuŋɡu]
(East African English)- connected with white European family origins
- There are hundreds of mzungu missionaries in Uganda.
Word OriginKiswahili, from m- class prefix + -zungu ‘European’.Definitions on the go
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