Associations to the word «Mandela»

Wiktionary

MANDELA, proper noun. A Xhosa surname​, notably borne by Nelson Mandela.

Dictionary definition

MANDELA, noun. South African statesman who was released from prison to become the nation's first democratically elected president in 1994 (born in 1918).

Wise words

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