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amagogotya

amagogotya noun: those who refused to take part in the Xhosa cattle-killing and crop-destroying movement of 1856–1857, in what is now Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Noun

amagogotya pl (plural only)

  1. (historical, plural, plural-only) Those who refused to take part in the Xhosa cattle-killing and crop-destroying movement of 1856–1857, in what is now Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Origin of amagogotya

From Xhosa [Term?] (literally “stingy ones”).

Questions about amagogotya

What does amagogotya mean?
Amagogotya means those who refused to take part in the Xhosa cattle-killing and crop-destroying movement of 1856–1857, in what is now Eastern Cape, South Africa.
What part of speech is amagogotya?
Amagogotya is a noun.

Words near amagogotya in the dictionary

  1. amagent
  2. amagents
  3. Amager
  4. amagmatic
  5. amagnetic
  6. amagogotya
  7. Amagos
  8. amagqirha
  9. amah
  10. Amahai
  11. amahs

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