mwanamazingira

How to say it

Meaning

A person who works to protect nature and the environment, for example by campaigning against pollution or the cutting of forests. It is built from mwana, member, and mazingira, environment.

Good to know

M/wa class noun, plural wanamazingira: wanamazingira wamepinga mradi huo, environmentalists have opposed the project. Similar compounds are mwanamuziki, musician, and mwanasiasa, politician.

Examples

• Mwanamazingira huyo anapinga ukataji wa miti.That environmentalist opposes the cutting of trees.
• Wanamazingira wameandamana kupinga uchafuzi wa mto.Environmentalists marched against the pollution of the river.
• Alikuwa mwanamazingira maarufu nchini Kenya.She was a well known environmentalist in Kenya.