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Bechwanaland

Bechwanaland is the alternative form of Bechuanaland.

Meaning of Bechuanaland

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

Questions about Bechwanaland

What is Bechwanaland the alternative form of?
Bechwanaland is the alternative form of Bechuanaland.

Words near Bechwanaland in the dictionary

  1. Bechuanalander
  2. Bechuanalanders
  3. Bechuanas
  4. bechune
  5. Bechwana
  6. Bechwanaland
  7. Bechwanas
  8. becindered
  9. beciparcil
  10. becircled
  11. Beciu

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Bechwanaland (page history and authors); Bechuanaland (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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