Herero

[ huh-rair-oh ]

noun,plural He·re·ros, (especially collectively) He·re·ro for 1.
  1. a member of an Indigenous people of Namibia, Botswana, and Angola.

  2. the Bantu language of the Herero.

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Herero

/ (həˈrɛərəʊ, ˈhɛərəˌrəʊ) /


noun
  1. plural -ro or -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

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