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Venda

[ ven-duh ]

noun

  1. a self-governing Bantu territory of South Africa in the NE part: granted independence in 1979 by South Africa, but not recognized by any other country as an independent state. 2,510 sq. mi. (6,500 sq. km). : Thohoyandou.


Venda

1

/ ˈvɛndə /

noun

  1. -da-das a member of a Negroid people of southern Africa, living chiefly in NE South Africa
  2. the language of this people, belonging to the Bantu group of the Niger-Congo family but not easily related to any other members of the group
“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


Venda

2

/ ˈvɛndə /

noun

  1. a former Bantu homeland in South Africa, near the Zimbabwe border; abolished in 1993. Capital: Thohoyandou
“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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Example Sentences

On the top of the mountain (Alta da Serra, sixteen miles from Mendoza) we found a venda.

I had found lodgings in a venda for the last time, the preceding evening, at Canto Gallo.

Great astonishment was manifested in every venda and fazenda at seeing a lady arrive accompanied only by a single servant.

Wherever one travels in this neighbourhood, one is sure of excellent rusk at every venda, though soft bread is rare.

When he became hungry he spent his last vintem for some bread from a little venda in the town he passed through.

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