Swazi
/swɑː.zi/noun, adjective
Swazi is a noun meaning “A person from Swaziland/Eswatini or of Swazi/Swati descent originally migrating from Central Africa” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-W-A-Z-I and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 9 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of Swazi is Swazis.
What does Swazi mean?
noun
- 1
A person from Swaziland/Eswatini or of Swazi/Swati descent originally migrating from Central Africa.
adjective
- 1
Of, from, or pertaining to Swaziland/Eswatini, the Swazi people or the Swazi language.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce Swazi?
- /swɑː.zi/
- /swɒ.zi/
Swazi has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Swazi.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of Swazi
- Swazis plural
- Sarawat
- Swati
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is Swazi?
Swazi appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 88,353rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Swazi in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | Swazi , swazi |
| German | Swasi , swasiländisch |
| Portuguese | suázi |
| Spanish | suazi, suazilandés |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does Swazi come from?
From Zulu iSwazi, after the name of an early chief, Mswati. The alternative forms come from Swazi liSwati.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).