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English
Botswana
Etymology
From Tswana Botswana , from bo- + Tswana ,
of uncertain origin.[ 1]
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Botswana
A country in Southern Africa . Capital: Gaborone .
Bechuanaland , fully the Bechuanaland Protectorate, a colony of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1966
The Republic of Botswana, since 1966
Holonyms
Translations
See also
Gaborone
Countries of the world
(countries of Africa ) countries of Africa ; Algeria , Angola , Benin , Botswana , Burkina Faso , Burundi , Cabo Verde , Cameroon , Central African Republic , Chad , Comoros , Côte d'Ivoire , Democratic Republic of the Congo , Djibouti , Egypt , Equatorial Guinea , Eritrea , Eswatini , Ethiopia , Gabon , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Guinea-Bissau , Kenya , Lesotho , Liberia , Libya , Madagascar , Malawi , Mali , Mauritania , Mauritius , Morocco , Mozambique , Namibia , Niger , Nigeria , Republic of the Congo , Rwanda , São Tomé and Príncipe , Senegal , Seychelles , Sierra Leone , Somalia , South Africa , South Sudan , Sudan , Tanzania , Togo , Tunisia , Uganda , Western Sahara , Zambia , Zimbabwe (Category: en:Countries in Africa ) [edit ]
References
^ Isaac Schapera, John L Comaroff (2015 June 3) The Tswana , Routledge, →ISBN , page 3: It has been variously interpreted as meaning: (a) "the little offshoots" (from -tswa , "to go out, to come from), (b) "the separatists, or seceders" (from tswaana , "to separate from one another"), and (c) "those who are alike" (from -tshwaana , "to be alike"). None of these derivations is generally accepted; van Warmelo curtly dismisses them as "fruitless speculation".
Further reading
Anagrams
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Botswana
Botswana (a country in Southern Africa ; capital: Gaborone )
Breton
Proper noun
Botswana
Botswana (a country in Southern Africa )
Catalan
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Botswana f
Botswana (a country in Southern Africa )
Derived terms
Czech
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Botswana f (relational adjective botswanský , demonym Botswaňan or Botswanec , female demonym Botswaňanka or Botswanka )
Botswana (a country in Southern Africa )
Declension
Declension of Botswana (sg-only hard feminine )
See also
Further reading
“Botswana ”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
“Botswana ”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
“Botswana ”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Danish
Proper noun
Botswana
Botswana (a country in Southern Africa )
Derived terms
Dutch
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium .)
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˌbɔtsˈʋaː.naː/ , /ˌbɔtˈsʋaː.naː/ , /ˌbɔˈtsʋaː.naː/
Hyphenation: Bots‧wa‧na
Proper noun
Botswana n
Botswana (a country in Southern Africa )
Derived terms
Estonian
Proper noun
Botswana
Botswana (a country in Southern Africa )
Finnish
Etymology
From Tswana Botswana .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Botswana
Botswana (a country in Southern Africa )
Declension
Derived terms
French
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Botswana m
Botswana (a country in Southern Africa )
German
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /bɔtsˈvaːna/ , /boˈtsvaːna/
Proper noun
Botswana n (proper noun , strong , genitive Botswanas )
Botswana (a country in Southern Africa )
See also
(countries of Africa ) Staaten Afrikas ; Ägypten , Algerien , Angola , Äquatorialguinea , Äthiopien , Benin , Botswana , Burkina Faso , Burundi , Dschibuti , Elfenbeinküste , Eritrea , Eswatini , Gabun , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Guinea-Bissau , Kamerun , Kap Verde , Kenia , Komoren , Demokratische Republik Kongo , Republik Kongo , Lesotho , Liberia , Libyen , Madagaskar , Malawi , Mali , Marokko , Mauretanien , Mauritius , Mosambik , Namibia , Niger , Nigeria , Ruanda , Sambia , São Tomé und Príncipe , Senegal , Seychellen , Sierra Leone , Simbabwe , Somalia , Südafrika , Sudan , Südsudan , Tansania , Togo , Tschad , Tunesien , Uganda , Zentralafrikanische Republik (Category: de:Countries in Africa )
Hungarian
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) :
Hyphenation: Bots‧wa‧na
Rhymes: -nɒ
Proper noun
Botswana
Botswana (a country in Southern Africa )
Declension
Interlingua
Proper noun
Botswana
Botswana (a country in Southern Africa )
Italian
Proper noun
Botswana m
Botswana (a country in Southern Africa )
Derived terms
Norwegian Bokmål
Proper noun
Botswana
Botswana (a country in Southern Africa )
Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
Botswana
Botswana (a country in Southern Africa )
Polish
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /bɔˈt͡sfa.na/
Rhymes: -ana
Syllabification: Bots‧wa‧na
Proper noun
Botswana f (related adjective botswański )
Botswana (a country in Southern Africa )
Declension
Derived terms
See also
(countries of Africa ) państwa Afryki ; Algieria , Angola , Benin , Botswana , Burkina Faso , Burundi , Czad , Demokratyczna Republika Konga , Dżibuti , Egipt , Erytrea , Eswatini , Etiopia , Gabon , Gambia , Ghana , Gwinea , Gwinea Bissau , Gwinea Równikowa , Kamerun , Kenia , Komory , Kongo , Lesotho , Liberia , Libia , Madagaskar , Malawi , Mali , Maroko , Mauretania , Mauritius , Mozambik , Namibia , Niger , Nigeria , Południowa Afryka , Republika Środkowoafrykańska , Republika Zielonego Przylądka , Rwanda , Sahara Zachodnia , Senegal , Seszele , Sierra Leone , Somalia , Sudan , Sudan Południowy , Tanzania , Togo , Tunezja , Uganda , Wybrzeże Kości Słoniowej , Wyspy Świętego Tomasza i Książęca , Zambia , Zimbabwe (Category: pl:Countries in Africa ) [edit ]
Further reading
Romanian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Botswana
Botswana (a country in Southern Africa )
Scots
Proper noun
Botswana
Botswana (a country in Southern Africa )
Slovak
Proper noun
Botswana f (genitive singular Botswany , declension pattern of žena )
Botswana (a country in Southern Africa )
References
“Botswana ”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science ] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk , 2003–2024
Spanish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Botswana f
Botswana (a country in Southern Africa )
Derived terms
Swahili
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Botswana
Botswana (a country in Southern Africa )
See also
(countries of Africa ) nchi za Afrika ; Algeria or Aljeria , Angola , Benin , Botswana , Burkina Faso , Burundi , Cabo Verde , Kamerun or Cameroon or Kameruni , Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati , Chad or Chadi , Komori or Visiwa vya Ngazija , Cote d'Ivoire or Kodivaa , Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo or Kongo-Kinshasa , Jibuti or Djibouti , Misri or Umisri , Guinea ya Ikweta or Ginekweta , Eritrea , Ethiopia or Uhabeshi or Habeshi , Gabon , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea or Gine or Gini , Guinea Bisau or Guinea-Bisau or Ginebisau , Kenya , Lesotho , Liberia , Libya , Madagaska or Bukini , Malawi or Unyasa , Mali , Mauritania , Morisi , Mayotte , Moroko or Maroko , Msumbiji or Mozambik , Namibia , Niger or Nijeri , Nigeria or Nijeria or Naijeria , Jamhuri ya Kongo or Kongo-Brazzaville , Réunion , Rwanda or Ruanda , Mtakatifu Helena , Sao Tome na Principe , Senegal or Senegali , Shelisheli , Sierra Leone , Somalia , Afrika Kusini , Sudan Kusini , Sudan , Uswazi or Swaziland , Tanzania , Togo , Tunisia , Uganda , Sahara ya Magharibi , Zambia , Zimbabwe (Category: sw:Countries in Africa ) [edit ]
Swedish
Etymology
From Tswana Botswana , from bo- + Tswana .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Botswana n (genitive Botswanas )
Botswana (a country in Southern Africa )
References
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Botswana , from Tswana Botswana .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Botswana (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜆ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜏᜈ )
Botswana (a country in Southern Africa )
Tswana
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Botswana
Botswana (a country in Southern Africa )
Welsh
Etymology
From English Botswana , from Tswana Botswana .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Botswana f
Botswana (a country in Southern Africa )
Derived terms
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
See also
(countries of Africa ) gwledydd Affrica ; yr Aifft , Algeria , Angola , Benin , Botswana , Bwrcina Ffaso , Bwrwndi , Cabo Verde , Camerŵn , Cenia , y Comoros , De Affrica , De Swdan , Eritrea , Eswatini , Ethiopia , Gabon , Gambia , Ghana , Gini , Gini Bisaw , Gini Gyhydeddol , Gorllewin Sahara , Gweriniaeth Canolbarth Affrica , Gweriniaeth Ddemocrataidd y Congo , Gweriniaeth y Congo , Jibwti , Lesotho , Liberia , Libia , Madagasgar , Malawi , Mali , Mawrisiws , Mawritania , Moroco , Mosambic , Namibia , Niger , Nigeria , Rwanda , Sambia , São Tomé a Príncipe , Senegal , y Seychelles , Sierra Leone , Simbabwe , Somalia , Swdan , Tansania , Tiwnisia , Togo , y Traeth Ifori , Tsiad , Wganda (Category: cy:Countries in Africa ) [edit ]
Zulu
Etymology
From English Botswana , from bo- + Tswana .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Botswana
Botswana (a country in Southern Africa )