- Tswana
- noun (plural Tswana or Tswanas) Date: 1930 1. a member of a Bantu-speaking people of Botswana and the Republic of South Africa 2. the language of the Tswana people
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tswana — TSWÁNA subst. 1. s.m. Membru al populaţiei bantu, de pe teritoriul Botswanei şi din vestul Africii de Sud; batswana, bechuana. 2. s.n. Limbă aparţinătoare familiei sotho, vorbită de tswana (1); setswana. [pr.: ţuána] (cf. engl. tswana < tswana … Dicționar Român
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Tswana — Cet article concerne la langue tswana (ou setswana). Pour le peuple tswana (ou BaTswana), voir Tswanas. Tswana setswana Parlée en Afrique du Sud, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibie Nombre de locuteurs environ 4 millions … Wikipédia en Français
Tswana — Das Wort Tswana bezieht sich auf: das südafrikanische Volk der Batswana, die Sprache der Batswana: Setswana, die Tswana Religion das Tswana Rind. Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unte … Deutsch Wikipedia
tswana — ► sustantivo masculino Pueblo bantú de Botswana y de la República de Sudáfrica. * * * o setswana Rama occidental de los pueblos sotho de Sudáfrica y Botswana. Los tswana, que suman 4,1 millones de personas, viven en un entorno de pastizales donde … Enciclopedia Universal
Tswana — [ tswα:nə] noun (plural same, Tswanas, or Batswana) 1》 a member of a southern African people living in Botswana, South Africa, and neighbouring areas. 2》 (also Setswana) the language of the Tswana. Origin stem of Setswana moTswana, plural… … English new terms dictionary
Tswana — Tswa•na [[t]ˈtswɑ nə, ˈswɑ [/t]] n. pl. nas, (esp. collectively) na. 1) peo a member of an African people, a division of the Sotho, living mainly in Botswana and in the Transvaal and Cape Province in South Africa 2) peo the Bantu language of the… … From formal English to slang
