Xhosa

American  

[koh-suh, -zuh, kaw-] / ˈkoʊ sə, -zə, ˈkɔ- /

Or Xosa

noun

PLURAL

Xhosas

PLURAL

Xhosa

1. a member of a Nguni people of eastern Cape Province, Republic of South Africa.

2. the Bantu language of the Xhosa.

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Xhosa British  

/ ˈkɔːsə /

noun

1. a member of a cattle-rearing Negroid people of southern Africa, living chiefly in South Africa

2. the language of this people, belonging to the Bantu group of the Niger-Congo family: one of the Nguni languages, closely related to Swazi and Zulu and characterized by several clicks in its sound system

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Other Word Forms

• Xhosan adjective

Example Sentences

Named after the wife of a 19th Century British official, it is now called Gqeberha, the Xhosa word for the river that runs through it.

From BBC

Kendi — the “X” stands for his middle name, Xolani, a Xhosa and Zulu word for peace — pulls no punches in making such connections.

From Los Angeles Times

Ms Nayimuli said that while growing up she would constantly speak Xhosa, her mother tongue and one of South Africa’s official languages, to “prove her South African-ness”.

From BBC

Stories spread through the city of a bearded man - nicknamed “whiskers” in the Xhosa language - who made people disappear at night.

From BBC

In Johannesburg and the Eastern Cape, the vocal tradition of isicathamiya and the steady, Zulu and Xhosa dance rhythms of the regions exerted strong influence.

From New York Times