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Botswana

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English

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Botswana

Etymology

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Borrowed from Tswana Botswana, from bo- +‎ Tswana, of uncertain origin.[1]

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Botswana

  2. A country in Southern Africa. Capital: Gaborone.
    1. Bechuanaland, fully the Bechuanaland Protectorate, a colony of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1966
    2. The Republic of Botswana, since 1966.
      • 2018 April 20, Bard Wilkinson, “Absolute monarch renames Swaziland ‘eSwatini’”, in CNN‎[1]:
        After independence, Rhodesia changed its name to Zimbabwe, Nyasaland to Malawi, and Bechuanaland to Botswana.
      • 2024 April 3, Nadine Schmidt, Sarah Dean and Ingrid Formanek, “Botswana threatens to send 20,000 elephants to Germany in trophy hunting dispute”, in CNN‎[2]:
        According to Masisi, Botswana has seen its elephant population grow to some 130,000.

Holonyms

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Translations

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See also

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countries in Africa (appendix)edit

References

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  1. ^ 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

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Anagrams

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Afrikaans

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Afrikaans Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Botswana

  1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa; capital: Gaborone)

Breton

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Proper noun

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Botswana

  1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

Catalan

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Catalan Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ca

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Botswana f

  1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

Derived terms

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Czech

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Czech Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia cs

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Botswana f (relational adjective botswanský, demonym Botswaňan or Botswanec, female demonym Botswaňanka or Botswanka)

  1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

Declension

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Declension of Botswana (sg-only hard feminine)
singular
nominative Botswana
genitive Botswany
dative Botswaně
accusative Botswanu
vocative Botswano
locative Botswaně
instrumental Botswanou

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Further reading

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Danish

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Proper noun

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Botswana

  1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

Derived terms

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Dutch

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌbɔtsˈʋaː.naː/, /ˌbɔtˈsʋaː.naː/, /ˌbɔˈtsʋaː.naː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Bots‧wa‧na

Proper noun

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Botswana n

  1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa) [from 1960s]

Derived terms

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Estonian

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Proper noun

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Botswana

  1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

Finnish

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Finnish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fi

Etymology

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From Tswana Botswana.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbotswɑnɑ/, [ˈbo̞t.s̠wɑ̝nɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -otswɑnɑ
  • Syllabification(key): Bots‧wa‧na
  • Hyphenation(key): Bots‧wa‧na

Proper noun

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Botswana

  1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

Declension

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Inflection of Botswana (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative Botswana —
genitive Botswanan —
partitive Botswanaa —
illative Botswanaan —
singular plural
nominative Botswana —
accusative nom. Botswana —
gen. Botswanan
genitive Botswanan —
partitive Botswanaa —
inessive Botswanassa —
elative Botswanasta —
illative Botswanaan —
adessive Botswanalla —
ablative Botswanalta —
allative Botswanalle —
essive Botswanana —
translative Botswanaksi —
abessive Botswanatta —
instructive — —
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Botswana (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Botswanani —
accusative nom. Botswanani —
gen. Botswanani
genitive Botswanani —
partitive Botswanaani —
inessive Botswanassani —
elative Botswanastani —
illative Botswanaani —
adessive Botswanallani —
ablative Botswanaltani —
allative Botswanalleni —
essive Botswananani —
translative Botswanakseni —
abessive Botswanattani —
instructive — —
comitative — —
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Botswanasi —
accusative nom. Botswanasi —
gen. Botswanasi
genitive Botswanasi —
partitive Botswanaasi —
inessive Botswanassasi —
elative Botswanastasi —
illative Botswanaasi —
adessive Botswanallasi —
ablative Botswanaltasi —
allative Botswanallesi —
essive Botswananasi —
translative Botswanaksesi —
abessive Botswanattasi —
instructive — —
comitative — —
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Botswanamme —
accusative nom. Botswanamme —
gen. Botswanamme
genitive Botswanamme —
partitive Botswanaamme —
inessive Botswanassamme —
elative Botswanastamme —
illative Botswanaamme —
adessive Botswanallamme —
ablative Botswanaltamme —
allative Botswanallemme —
essive Botswananamme —
translative Botswanaksemme —
abessive Botswanattamme —
instructive — —
comitative — —
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Botswananne —
accusative nom. Botswananne —
gen. Botswananne
genitive Botswananne —
partitive Botswanaanne —
inessive Botswanassanne —
elative Botswanastanne —
illative Botswanaanne —
adessive Botswanallanne —
ablative Botswanaltanne —
allative Botswanallenne —
essive Botswanananne —
translative Botswanaksenne —
abessive Botswanattanne —
instructive — —
comitative — —
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Botswanansa —
accusative nom. Botswanansa —
gen. Botswanansa
genitive Botswanansa —
partitive Botswanaansa —
inessive Botswanassaan
Botswanassansa 		—
elative Botswanastaan
Botswanastansa 		—
illative Botswanaansa —
adessive Botswanallaan
Botswanallansa 		—
ablative Botswanaltaan
Botswanaltansa 		—
allative Botswanalleen
Botswanallensa 		—
essive Botswananaan
Botswananansa 		—
translative Botswanakseen
Botswanaksensa 		—
abessive Botswanattaan
Botswanattansa 		—
instructive — —
comitative — —

Derived terms

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French

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Botswana m

  1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

German

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bɔtsˈvaːna/, /boˈtsvaːna/
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Proper noun

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Botswana n (proper noun, strong, genitive Botswanas)

  1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

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countries in Africa: Staaten Afrikas (appendix)edit

Hungarian

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 Botswana on Hungarian Wikipedia

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈbot͡svaːnɒ]
  • Hyphenation: Bots‧wa‧na
  • Rhymes: -nɒ

Proper noun

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Botswana

  1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa; official name: Botswanai Köztársaság)

Declension

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative Botswana —
accusative Botswanát —
dative Botswanának —
instrumental Botswanával —
causal-final Botswanáért —
translative Botswanává —
terminative Botswanáig —
essive-formal Botswanaként —
essive-modal — —
inessive Botswanában —
superessive Botswanán —
adessive Botswanánál —
illative Botswanába —
sublative Botswanára —
allative Botswanához —
elative Botswanából —
delative Botswanáról —
ablative Botswanától —
non-attributive
possessive – singular 		Botswanáé —
non-attributive
possessive – plural 		Botswanáéi —
Possessive forms of Botswana
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Botswanám —
2nd person sing. Botswanád —
3rd person sing. Botswanája —
1st person plural Botswanánk —
2nd person plural Botswanátok —
3rd person plural Botswanájuk —

Derived terms

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See also

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countries in Africa: Afrika országai (appendix)edit

Interlingua

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Proper noun

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Botswana

  1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

Italian

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Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia it

Proper noun

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Botswana m

  1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

Derived terms

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Proper noun

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Botswana

  1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)
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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Proper noun

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Botswana

  1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)
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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bɔˈt͡sfa.na/
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  • Rhymes: -ana
  • Syllabification: Bots‧wa‧na

Proper noun

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Botswana f (related adjective botswański)

  1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

Declension

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Declension of Botswana
singular
nominative Botswana
genitive Botswany
dative Botswanie
accusative Botswanę
instrumental Botswaną
locative Botswanie
vocative Botswano

Derived terms

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nouns

See also

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countries in Africa: państwa Afryki (appendix)edit

Further reading

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Romanian

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Botswana

  1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

Scots

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Proper noun

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Botswana

  1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

Slovak

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Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sk

Proper noun

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Botswana f (genitive singular Botswany, declension pattern of žena)

  1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

References

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  • “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, 2003–2025

Spanish

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Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /botˈswana/ [bot̪ˈswa.na]
  • Rhymes: -ana

Proper noun

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Botswana f

  1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

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Swahili

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Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sw

Pronunciation

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Botswana

  1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

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countries in Africa: nchi za Afrika (appendix)edit

Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From Tswana Botswana, from bo- +‎ Tswana.

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Botswana n (genitive Botswanas)

  1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)
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References

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish Botswana, from Tswana Botswana.

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Botswana (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜆ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜏᜈ)

  1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

Tswana

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Pronunciation

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Botswana

  1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

Welsh

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Welsh Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia cy

Etymology

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From English Botswana, from Tswana Botswana.

Pronunciation

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Botswana f

  1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of Botswana
radical soft nasal aspirate
Botswana Fotswana Motswana unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

See also

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countries in Africa: gwledydd Affrica (appendix)edit

Zulu

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Etymology

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From English Botswana, from bo- +‎ Tswana.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɓôːt͡sʼʷaːna/

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Botswana

  1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)
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