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Amakhosa

Amakhosa is the alternative form of Amakosa.

Meaning of Amakosa

Noun

Amakosa (plural Amakosas or Amakosa)

  1. (archaic) A member of the Xhosa people.
    • [A]s, for instance, at the present day we find the Amakosa and Amatembu branches perfectly distinct from that of the Mambookie.1836, Robert Godlonton, Introductory Remarks to a Narrative of the Irruption of the Kafir Hordes Into the Eastern Province of the Cape of Good Hope, A.D. 1834-35, Meurant and Godlonton, page 211

Forms of Amakhosa

pluralAmakhosas
pluralAmakhosa

Questions about Amakhosa

What is Amakhosa the alternative form of?
Amakhosa is the alternative form of Amakosa.

Words near Amakhosa in the dictionary

  1. Amaka
  2. Amakcham
  3. amakebe
  4. Amaker
  5. Amakers
  6. Amakhosa
  7. Amakhosas
  8. amakhosi
  9. amakihi
  10. amakihis
  11. amakinite

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