induna

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ɪnˈduːnə/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(in do̅o̅′nə)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
in•du•na  (in do̅o̅′nə),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Anthropologyan official functionary of a king or chief in South African Bantu societies.
  • Zulu
  • 1870–75

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
induna /ɪnˈduːnə/ n
  1. (in South Africa) a Black African overseer in a factory, mine, etc
Etymology: 20th Century: from Zulu nduna an official

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