African native
The crossword clue "African native" is answered by BANTU, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2003; first recorded in 1971. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
BANTU
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BANTU answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2003; first recorded in 1971. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- HABE (2 uses in xd)
- ETHIOPE (1 uses in xd)
- HOTTENTOT (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for BANTU
Every other clue in this collection answered by BANTU, most used first.
- African language group - used 78 times, most recently in 2026
- African language - used 33 times, most recently in 2018
- Swahili's language group - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Language group that includes Swahili - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Swahili or Zulu - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- African language family - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Zulu or Swahili - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- African tongue - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
- African. - used 7 times, most recently in 1996
- African tribe - used 7 times, most recently in 1982
- African tribesman - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
- Zanzibar native - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- African antelope - ELAND, used 189 times
- Muscat native - OMANI, used 176 times
- New Zealand native - MAORI, used 175 times
- Native New Zealander - MAORI, used 119 times
- Stockholm native - SWEDE, used 79 times
- Alaskan native - ALEUT, used 78 times
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