- a variation of Xhosa.
Xosa
Americannoun
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Xosas,
plural
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Xosa
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When Makeba sings or talks in her native Xosa dialect, its expressive staccato clicks sound like the popping of champagne corks.
From Time Magazine Archive
Xosa then moved from where he was, and sat opposite Kèlè.
From The White Hecatomb And other Stories by W. C. (William Charles) Scully
This turned out to be Xosa, one of Songoza’s Indunas.
From The White Hecatomb And other Stories by W. C. (William Charles) Scully
The Xosa, who was walking a little ahead of us, paused at the sound of his name and waited for us.
From A Frontier Mystery by Bertram Mitford
The father of all the sons of Xosa!
From 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War by Bertram Mitford
But all, both northern Zulus and southern Xosas, are essentially one people in speech, physique, usages and social institutions.
From Man, Past and Present by Alfred Court Haddon
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