Zande

noun

Zan·​de

ˈzandē

variants or Zandeh

-də

plural Zande or Zandes or Zandeh or Zandehs

1

a

: an African people of considerable prominence in the history and development of the region of the Congo-Sudan frontier especially over the past century

b

: a member of such people

2

: an Adamawa-Eastern language of the Zande people spoken in the northern Congo and southwestern Sudan

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