Namibian

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English Namibia

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Italic *-nos

Proto-Italic *-ānos

Latin -ānus

Old French -ainder.

Middle English -an

English -an

English Namibian

From Namibia + -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nəˈmɪˌbi.ən/

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Adjective

Namibian (comparative more Namibian, superlative most Namibian)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Namibia, the Namibian people or the Namibian language.

Derived terms

• Namibianness
• Namlish

Translations

of, from, or pertaining to Namibia

• Afrikaans: Namibies (af)
• Asturian: namibianu (ast)
• Catalan: namibi (ca)
• Czech: namibijský (cs)
• Dutch: Namibisch (nl)
• Finnish: namibialainen (fi)
• Galician: namibio, namibiano
• German: namibisch (de)
• Hungarian: namíbiai (hu)
• Indonesian: Namibia (id)
• Irish: Namabach
• Javanese: Namibia
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: namibisk

  Nynorsk: namibisk (nn)

• Polish: namibijski (pl)
• Portuguese: namibiano (pt), namíbio, namibiense
• Romanian: namibian (ro)
• Russian: намиби́йский (ru) (namibíjskij)
• Spanish: namibio (es)
• Ukrainian: намібі́йський (namibíjsʹkyj)

Noun

Namibian (plural Namibians)

1. A person from Namibia or of Namibian descent.

Hypernyms

• sub-Saharan, African

Derived terms

• German Namibian

Translations

a person from Namibia or of Namibian descent

• Afrikaans: Namibiër (af)
• Asturian: namibianu (ast) m, namibiana (ast) f
• Catalan: namibi (ca) m
• Czech: Namibijec (cs) m
• Dutch: Namibiër (nl) m, Namibische (nl) f
• Esperanto: namibiano (man or woman), namibianino (woman)
• Finnish: namibialainen (fi)
• French: Namibien (fr) m, Namibienne (fr) f
• Galician: namibio m, namibiano m
• German: Namibier (de) m, Namibierin (de) f
• Hungarian: namíbiai (hu)
• Irish: Namabach m
• Italian: namibiana f, namibiano (it) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: namibier m

  Nynorsk: namibiar (nn) m

• Polish: Namibijczyk (pl) m, Namibijka (pl) f
• Portuguese: namibiano (pt) m, namíbio m, namibiense
• Romanian: namibian (ro) m, namibiană (ro) f
• Russian: намиби́ец (ru) m (namibíjec), намиби́йка (ru) f (namibíjka)
• Serbo-Croatian: Namibijac (sh) m, Namibijka f
• Spanish: namibio (es) m, namibia (es) f
• Turkish: Namibyalı (tr)

Proper noun

the Namibian

1. (geology) An age from 900 to 542 million years ago, a subdivision of the Neoproterozoic.

Finnish

Proper noun

Namibian

1. genitive singular of Namibia