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Bechuana

[ bech-oo-ah-nuh, bek-yoo- ]

noun

plural Bechuanas, (especially collectively) Bechuana.


Bechuana

/ ˌbɛkjʊ-; bɛˈtʃwɑːnə; ˌbɛtʃʊˈɑːnə /

noun

  1. a former name for Tswana
  2. a former name for a member of the Bantu people of Botswana
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Bechuana1

First recorded in 1795–1805
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Example Sentences

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More than half a century later, the "Bechuana" popped up in Spain.

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Healdtown attracted students from all over the country, as well as from the protectorates of Basutoland, Swaziland, and Bechuana- land.

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The hostility of the natives he conquered by his intimate knowledge of their character and the Bechuana tongue, to which theirs is related.

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“One event is always the son of another, and we must never forget the parentage,” said a Bechuana chief to Casalis the missionary.

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An almost identical custom prevails among the Marimos, a tribe of South Africa much resembling the Bechuanas....

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