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Herero

[ huh-rair-oh ]

noun

, plural He·re·ros, (especially collectively) He·re·ro
  1. a member of an Indigenous people of Namibia, Botswana, and Angola.
  2. the Bantu language of the Herero.


Herero

/ həˈrɛərəʊ; ˈhɛərəˌrəʊ /

noun

  1. -ro-ros a member of a formerly rich cattle-keeping Negroid people of southern Africa, living chiefly in central Namibia
  2. the language of this people, belonging to the Bantu group of the Niger-Congo family
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

He hoped the screening for lawmakers would drive politicians to work harder at compensating the Herero and Nama, he added.

It was partly spurred by Macron’s speech and a rising awareness in Germany of its own colonial crimes — including the killing of tens of thousands of Nama and Herero people in what is now Namibia.

The country apologised in 2021 for its role in the massacre of Herero and Nama tribespeople in Namibia more than a century ago and officially described it as a genocide for the first time.

From Reuters

A Herero headdress stylized from dozens of ceramic roses became a motif in her art.

The Nazi tactics of detention camps, forced labor and sterilizations, and killings echoed colonial Germany’s attempt to eliminate the Herero and the Nama people in what is now Namibia in the early 20th century.

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