Bechuana
Americannoun
plural
Bechuanas,plural
Bechuananoun
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a former name for Tswana
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a former name for a member of the Bantu people of Botswana
Etymology
Origin of Bechuana
First recorded in 1795–1805
Example Sentences
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When independence finally comes, Seretse expects to rename his country Bechuana and set about the enormous tasks ahead.
From Time Magazine Archive
An extraordinary state of things awaited the arrival of Mackenzie, for the volunteers in the service of the Bechuana chiefs, Moshette and Massou, had established two independent communities, the "republics" of Land Goshen and Stellaland.
From The Siege of Mafeking (1900) by Hamilton, J. Angus
“The bull-elephants are mostly nine or ten feet,” said the Bechuana.
From Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand by Adams, H.C.
“One event is always the son of another, and we must never forget the parentage,” said a Bechuana chief to Casalis the missionary.
From Pioneers of Evolution from Thales to Huxley With an Intermediate Chapter on the Causes of Arrest of the Movement by Clodd, Edward
The inhabitants of the Kalahari Desert consist of the nomadic Bushmen and a tribe said to be the oldest of the Bechuana tribes.
From The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa by Badlam, Anna B.
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