Bechuana

American  

[bech-oo-ah-nuh, bek-yoo-] / ˌbɛtʃ uˈɑ nə, ˌbɛk yu- /

noun

plural

Bechuanas,

plural

Bechuana

1. Tswana.

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Bechuana British  

/ ˌbɛkjʊ-, bɛˈtʃwɑːnə, ˌbɛtʃʊˈɑːnə /

noun

1. a former name for Tswana

2. a former name for a member of the Bantu people of Botswana

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Etymology

Origin of Bechuana

First recorded in 1795–1805

Example Sentences

When independence finally comes, Seretse expects to rename his country Bechuana and set about the enormous tasks ahead.

From Time Magazine Archive

I think in the settlement you will pass through, just about where the Bechuana tribes are located, a kind of missionary station is established—if so, I know there you can obtain both help and clothes.

From Richard Galbraith, Mariner Life among the Kaffirs by Phillips, Emma Watts

“Koboo and Utango and I had been piling a big heap of reeds to make fires of,” answered the Bechuana.

From Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand by Adams, H.C.

The descendants of the ancient Bechuana tribes at one time possessed enormous herds of the large horned animals; when despoiled of these, they were driven into the desert, which thus by compulsion became their home.

From The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa by Badlam, Anna B.

Some of the party had heard of a mode of lion-hunting practised by the Bechuana tribes, and, indeed, in Congo’s own country.

From The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa by Reid, Mayne