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Kgalagadi

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General South African/ˌxalaˈxɑːdi/

Kgalagadi proper noun: a district in south-west Botswana, which includes much of the Kalahari Desert.

Proper noun

Kgalagadi

  1. A district in south-west Botswana, which includes much of the Kalahari Desert.

Noun

Kgalagadi (plural Kgalagadi)

  1. A member of a Tswana people chiefly living in the Kalahari Desert.

Synonyms of Kgalagadi

Forms of Kgalagadi

pluralKgalagadi

Origin of Kgalagadi

Unadapted borrowing from Tswana Kgalagadi (literally “a large, dry area”), from kgala (“become dry”) + -gadi (“large”). Doublet of Kalahari.

Words that rhyme with Kgalagadi

Questions about Kgalagadi

What does Kgalagadi mean?
Kgalagadi means a district in south-west Botswana, which includes much of the Kalahari Desert.
What part of speech is Kgalagadi?
Kgalagadi can be a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce Kgalagadi?
Kgalagadi is pronounced /ˌxalaˈxɑːdi/ (General South African).

Words near Kgalagadi in the dictionary

  1. KFSSR
  2. KFT
  3. KG
  4. KGA
  5. kgal
  6. Kgalagadi
  7. Kgalakgari
  8. kgals
  9. KGB
  10. KGBer
  11. KGBers

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