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Herero

/hɛˈrɛəroʊ/

Herero noun: a member of a people belonging to the Bantu group, with about 240,000 members today mostly in Namibia, Angola, and Botswana.

Noun

Herero (plural Hereros or Herero or OvaHerero)

  1. A member of a people belonging to the Bantu group, with about 240,000 members today mostly in Namibia, Angola, and Botswana.

Proper noun

Herero

  1. The language of the Herero people.

Forms of Herero

pluralHereros
pluralHerero
pluralOvaHerero

Questions about Herero

What does Herero mean?
Herero means a member of a people belonging to the Bantu group, with about 240,000 members today mostly in Namibia, Angola, and Botswana.
What part of speech is Herero?
Herero can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Herero?
Herero is pronounced /hɛˈrɛəroʊ/.
What is the plural of Herero?
The plural of Herero is Hereros.

Words near Herero in the dictionary

  1. hereon
  2. hereonto
  3. hereout
  4. hereover
  5. herepath
  6. Herero
  7. Hereroland
  8. Hereros
  9. heres
  10. heresay
  11. heresiac

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