What does impi mean?
Impi means A group of Zulu (or other Bantu) warriors; a detachment of armed men..
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/ˈɪmpi/ · noun
A group of Zulu (or other Bantu) warriors; a detachment of armed men..
And in the end he, as well as three of his four children, shared Retief's fate in the massacre of Trekkers by the Zulu impis of Dingane.
But as grizzled as Chief Joyi often seemed, the decades fell off him when he spoke of the impis, or warriors, in the army of King Ngangelizwe.
Use impi when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Impi means A group of Zulu (or other Bantu) warriors; a detachment of armed men..
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And in the end he, as well as three of his four children, shared Retief's fate in the massacre of Trekkers by the Zulu impis of Dingane.
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