Bechuana
Americannoun
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Bechuanas,
plural
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Bechuana
plural
noun
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a former name for Tswana
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a former name for a member of the Bantu people of Botswana
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of Bechuana
First recorded in 1795–1805
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When independence finally comes, Seretse expects to rename his country Bechuana and set about the enormous tasks ahead.
From Time Magazine Archive
Among the Bechuana tribes the government is patriarchal, and each man is chief over his own children.
From The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa by Anna B. Badlam
The southern portion of their territory was first placed under British protection in 1885, and subsequently the whole Bechuana country up to the Zambezi was annexed.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis by Various
Among the different Bechuana tribes it is the custom to select the name of some animal to distinguish one tribe from another.
From The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa by Anna B. Badlam
“Ah, but I had another escape, from a rhinoceros, closer than that,” said the Bechuana, evidently much gratified at George’s approval.
From Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand by H.C. Adams
Indeed, some 30,000 Bechuanas depend on employment in the South African gold fields for a livelihood.
From Time Magazine Archive
Before making a move, they saw most of the elephant’s flesh taken away by the Bechuanas.
From The Giraffe Hunters by Mayne Reid
Before Nick could fairly realise to himself his own success, the Bechuanas had surrounded the carcass, and were greeting the two boys with shouts of admiration and approval.
From Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa by H.C. Adams
But they knew the ground, and were aware that it would be impossible for the Bechuanas to attack them, so that there was no need for the natives to accompany them on that occasion.
From Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand by H.C. Adams
Moravians have laboured among the Hottentots, the Berlin missionaries among the wild Corannas, and the French Evangelical Society among the Bechuanas.
From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by J. H. Kurtz
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