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Bechuana

Bechuana noun: a member of the Tswana people.

Noun

Bechuana (plural Bechuanas)

  1. (dated) A member of the Tswana people.
    • He was a Bechuana by birth, a good hunter, and, for a native, a very clever man.1885, H. Rider Haggard, King Solomon's Mines

Forms of Bechuana

pluralBechuanas
alternative formBechwana

Origin of Bechuana

See Botswana.

Words formed from Bechuana

Questions about Bechuana

What does Bechuana mean?
Bechuana means a member of the Tswana people.
What part of speech is Bechuana?
Bechuana is a noun.
What is the plural of Bechuana?
The plural of Bechuana is Bechuanas.

Words near Bechuana in the dictionary

  1. Bechtol
  2. Bechtold
  3. Bechtolds
  4. Bechtols
  5. Bechts
  6. Bechuana
  7. Bechuanaland
  8. Bechuanalander
  9. Bechuanalanders
  10. Bechuanas
  11. bechune

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