Nama
Americannoun
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a member of a Khoikhoi people of Namaqualand, in SW Africa.
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the language of the Nama.
noun
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a member of a Khoikhoi people living chiefly in Namaqualand
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the Khoikhoi language spoken by this people, belonging to the Khoisan family See also Damara
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Nama is the generally accepted noun and adjetive to refer to members of the Khoikhoi people
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A major part of the study came from 44 newly sequenced genomes from modern Nama individuals in southern Africa.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 26, 2026
The Nama are an Indigenous population known for carrying unusually high levels of genetic diversity compared with many other living groups.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 26, 2026
But the Nama already knew of the gems.
From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2025
The impoverished local Nama community living amid the environmental degradation in the far north-west of South Africa – also known as Namaqualand - wonder what has happened to the riches their land has yielded.
From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2025
Fortunately it was the opening of many seams, caused by the crushing process, rather than any great hole stove in her, that had brought about the end of the Nama.
From The Moving Picture Boys at Panama Stirring Adventures Along the Great Canal by Appleton, Victor [pseud.]
On the streets of Windhoek, capital of newly independent Namibia, I saw black Herero people, black Ovambos, whites, and Namas, different again from both blacks and whites.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Rahit Namas and Tanakhwah Namas, which are believed to have been the utterances of the tenth guru.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various
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