thebe
noun
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Botswana, one 100th of a pula.
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thebe
American
[te-be]
/ ˈtɛ bɛ /
noun
Thebe
British
/ ˈθiːbɪ /
noun
Etymology
Origin of thebe
First recorded in 1975–80; from Setswana: literally, “shield”
Example Sentences
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Tom Thebe doesn't consider himself low ranking when it comes to his appearance.
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2026
Celebrated South African fashion designer Thebe Magugu hopes his success will inspire other young people on the continent.
From Reuters ● Oct. 31, 2022
The trust owns 47 percent of Thebe, founded by ANC leaders in 1992 to start buying up chunks of a wide variety of companies just as apartheid was ending.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 26, 2022
The rest of his words arrive in verses and show the artist born Thebe Kgositsile experimenting with structure and meter while pouring forth streams of consequential ideas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2019
But he was heated against Alexander for the injuries he had received, and hoped likewise, from the discourse which formerly he had with Thebe, that his family by this time was divided and in disorder.
From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Arthur Hugh Clough
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