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Khoikhoi

or Khoe·khoe

[ koi-koi ]

noun

, plural Khoi·khois, (especially collectively) Khoi·khoi
  1. a member of a pastoral people, physically and linguistically akin to the San, who inhabited Cape Province, South Africa, in the 17th century and now live mainly in Namibia.
  2. the Khoisan language of the Khoikhoi.


Khoikhoi

/ kɔɪˈkɔɪ; xɔɪˈxɔɪ /

noun

  1. a member of a race of people of Southern Africa, of short stature and a dark yellowish-brown complexion, who formerly occupied the region near the Cape of Good Hope and are now almost extinct
  2. any of the languages of this people, belonging to the Khoisan family


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