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Xosa

Xosa is the alternative form of Xhosa.

Meaning of Xhosa

Noun

Xhosa (plural Xhosas or Xhosa)

  1. A member of a Bantu people from South Africa, most of whom live in the Eastern Cape.
    • my father remained aloof from Christianity and instead reserved his own faith for the great spirit of the Xhosas, Qamata, the God of his fathers.1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, London: Abacus, published 2010, pages 14-15

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Forms of Xosa

pluralXosas

Questions about Xosa

What is Xosa the alternative form of?
Xosa is the alternative form of Xhosa.

Words near Xosa in the dictionary

  1. xorn
  2. xorns
  3. xorphanol
  4. xors
  5. XOs
  6. Xosa
  7. Xosas
  8. xoxo
  9. xoxoxo
  10. XP
  11. XP-53

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