Nama
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Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, from Ancient Greek νᾶμα (nâma, “fountain or stream”)
Proper noun
Nama f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Boraginaceae – fiddleleaf plants, sandbells, etc.
Usage notes
- Also sometimes classified in family Namaceae in Boraginales, or in subfamily Namoideae in Boraginaceae.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I - clades; unassigned euasterids I; Boraginaceae - family; Hydrophylloideae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Nama jamaicensis (Jamaicanweed) - type species
References
Nama (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Nama on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Nama on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Nama at Plants of the World Online
- Nama at Tropicos
English
Proper noun
Nama
- A Khoisan language of Namibia.
- A language of Papua New Guinea
Translations
Khoisan language of Namibia
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Further reading
- Ethnologue entry for Nama, naq
- Ethnologue entry for Nama, nmx
