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
Usage
Nama is the generally accepted noun and adjetive to refer to members of the Khoikhoi people
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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
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
After a five-year legal battle with the state and the state-owned mining company, Alexkor, that ended up in the country's highest court, judges ruled in the Nama community's favour in 2003.
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
From that vantage point they watched the opening of the lock gates, which admitted the Nama into the next basin.
From The Moving Picture Boys at Panama Stirring Adventures Along the Great Canal by Appleton, Victor [pseud.]
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