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impinoun
A group of Zulu (or other Bantu) warriors; a detachment of armed men.
Etymology: From impi.
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IMPI
An impi is a Zulu regiment.
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Impi
Impi is a Zulu word for any armed body of men. However, in English it is often used to refer to a Zulu regiment, which is called an ibutho in Zulu. Its beginnings lie far back in historic tribal warfare customs, when groups of armed men called impis battled. They were systematised radically by the Zulu king Shaka, who was then only the exiled illegitimate son of king Senzangakona, but already showing much prowess as a general in the army of Mthethwa king Dingiswayo in the Mthethwa-Ndwandwe war in the early 1810s.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Impi
im′pi, n. a body of Kaffir warriors. [S. Afr.]
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IMPI
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of impi in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of impi in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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