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
In two hours they set off, the Bechuana appearing to be in high spirits.
From Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand by H.C. Adams
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 Emma Watts Phillips
I have never dreamt of going to the fatal valley again; nothing on earth would tempt me after that ill-starred journey, heavy with the fate of Klaas and the Bechuana boy, Amazi.
From From Veldt Camp Fires by H.A. Bryden
The inhabitants of the Kalahari Desert consist of the nomadic Bushmen and a tribe said to be the oldest of the Bechuana tribes.
From The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa by Anna B. Badlam
Indeed, some 30,000 Bechuanas depend on employment in the South African gold fields for a livelihood.
From Time Magazine Archive
The rumour is almost certain to be false, for the Bechuanas are a very peaceable people.
From Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand by H.C. Adams
It is less astonishing if, as the same traveler remarks, their agreement with the Bechuanas goes even farther.
From Introduction to the Science of Sociology by Robert Ezra Park
Two Bechuanas followed us, leading four of my dogs.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. by Various
This method of watering them showed some intelligence on the part of the Bechuanas.
From The Giraffe Hunters by Mayne Reid
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