matabele

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Matabele
    n 1: a Bantu language sometimes considered a dialect of Zulu
         [syn: {Ndebele}, {Matabele}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Matabele \Mat`a*be"le\, or Matabeles \Mat`a*be"les\, prop. n.
   pl., sing. {Matabele}. [Written also {Matabili}.] (Ethnol.)
   A warlike South African Kaffir tribe.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]