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# matabele

«matabele» in Mova's school dictionary: **a people of south-western Zimbabwe, around the city of…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (the Matabele); adjective (Matabele)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The Matabele (Ndebele) are a people of south-western Zimbabwe, around the city of Bulawayo. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/matabele/#m1)

2) Matabeleland is the region where they live. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/matabele/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Met in history lessons about southern Africa and colonial wars. Today the people are usually called Ndebele.

### examples

- The Matabele kingdom was founded by Mzilikazi. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/matabele/#x1)
- Bulawayo is the main city of Matabeleland. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/matabele/#x2)
- The Matabele are also called the Ndebele. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/matabele/#x3)
- British settlers fought wars against the Matabele in the 1890s. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/matabele/#x4)
- Matabeleland has wide, dry grasslands. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/matabele/#x5)

### note

«Matabele» is an older name; «Ndebele» is the people's own name and is preferred today. Capital M.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «matabele» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/matabele/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.