Bechuana

[bech-oo-ah-nuh, bek-yoo-]

noun

plural

Bechuanas ,

plural

Bechuana .

1. Tswana.

Bechuana

/ ˌbɛkjʊ-, bɛˈtʃwɑːnə, ˌbɛtʃʊˈɑːnə /

noun

1. a former name for Tswana

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Bechuana¹

First recorded in 1795–1805

Example Sentences

More than half a century later, the "Bechuana" popped up in Spain.

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Healdtown attracted students from all over the country, as well as from the protectorates of Basutoland, Swaziland, and Bechuana- land.

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The hostility of the natives he conquered by his intimate knowledge of their character and the Bechuana tongue, to which theirs is related.

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“One event is always the son of another, and we must never forget the parentage,” said a Bechuana chief to Casalis the missionary.

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An almost identical custom prevails among the Marimos, a tribe of South Africa much resembling the Bechuanas....

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