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Definition of wananchi noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

wananchi

noun
 
/wəˈnæntʃi/
 
/wəˈnæntʃi/
 
East African English [wanaˈntʃi]
[plural] (East African English)
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  1. ordinary people; the public
    • Ordinary citizens, the wananchi, are popular art's primary audience.
    • The facilities for wananchi are still not as good as they could be.
    see also mwananchi
    Word OriginKiswahili, plural of mwananchi ‘inhabitant, citizen’.
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