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Bechuanaland

Syllables: Bech·u·a·na·land/ˌbɛt͡ʃuˈɑːnəlænd/

Bechuanaland proper noun: a former colony of the United Kingdom in Africa, which gained its independence in 1966 as Botswana.

Proper noun

Bechuanaland

  1. (historical) A former colony of the United Kingdom in Africa, which gained its independence in 1966 as Botswana.
    • After independence, Rhodesia changed its name to Zimbabwe, Nyasaland to Malawi, and Bechuanaland to Botswana.2018 April 20, Bard Wilkinson, “Absolute monarch renames Swaziland ‘eSwatini’”, in CNN

Bechuanaland meaning in Tamil and Thai

Bechuanaland in Tamil

இது ஒரு நாடாகும்

Bechuanaland in Thai

former name for Botswana
เบชวนนาแลนด์ baychuannaalaen

Forms of Bechuanaland

alternative formBechwanaland

Origin of Bechuanaland

From Bechuana + -land.

Words formed from Bechuanaland

Questions about Bechuanaland

What does Bechuanaland mean?
Bechuanaland means a former colony of the United Kingdom in Africa, which gained its independence in 1966 as Botswana.
What is Bechuanaland in Tamil?
Bechuanaland in Tamil is இது ஒரு நாடாகும். See Bechuanaland meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Bechuanaland?
Bechuanaland is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Bechuanaland?
Bechuanaland is pronounced /ˌbɛt͡ʃuˈɑːnəlænd/.

Words near Bechuanaland in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Bechuanaland (page history and authors); Bechuanaland (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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