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Botswana

Etymology

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Etymology tree
Proto-Bantu *bʊ̀-
Tswana bo-
Tswana Tswana
Tswana Botswanabor.
English Botswana

    Borrowed from Tswana Botswana, from bo- +‎ Tswana, of uncertain origin.[1]

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    Botswana

    2. A country in Southern Africa. Capital: Gaborone.
      1. Bechuanaland, fully the Bechuanaland Protectorate, a colony of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1966
      2. The Republic of Botswana, since 1966.
        • 2018 April 20, Bard Wilkinson, “Absolute monarch renames Swaziland ‘eSwatini’”, in CNN‎[1]:
          After independence, Rhodesia changed its name to Zimbabwe, Nyasaland to Malawi, and Bechuanaland to Botswana.
        • 2024 April 3, Nadine Schmidt, Sarah Dean and Ingrid Formanek, “Botswana threatens to send 20,000 elephants to Germany in trophy hunting dispute”, in CNN‎[2]:
          According to Masisi, Botswana has seen its elephant population grow to some 130,000.

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    countries in Africa (appendix)edit

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    1. ^ Isaac Schapera; John L Comaroff (3 June 2015), The Tswana, Routledge, →ISBN, page 3:
      It has been variously interpreted as meaning: (a) "the little offshoots" (from -tswa, "to go out, to come from), (b) "the separatists, or seceders" (from tswaana, "to separate from one another"), and (c) "those who are alike" (from -tshwaana, "to be alike"). None of these derivations is generally accepted; van Warmelo curtly dismisses them as "fruitless speculation".

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    Afrikaans

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    Afrikaans Wikipedia has an article on:
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    Botswana

    1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa; capital: Gaborone)

    Breton

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    Botswana

    1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

    Catalan

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    Botswana f

    1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

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    Czech

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    Botswana f (relational adjective botswanský, demonym Botswaňan or Botswanec, female demonym Botswaňanka or Botswanka)

    1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

    Declension

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    Declension of Botswana (sg-only hard feminine)
    singular
    nominative Botswana
    genitive Botswany
    dative Botswaně
    accusative Botswanu
    vocative Botswano
    locative Botswaně
    instrumental Botswanou

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    Danish

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    Proper noun

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    Botswana

    1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

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    Dutch

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    Etymology

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    (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˌbɔtsˈʋaː.naː/, /ˌbɔtˈsʋaː.naː/, /ˌbɔˈtsʋaː.naː/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Hyphenation: Bots‧wa‧na

    Proper noun

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    Botswana n

    1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa) [from 1960s]

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    Estonian

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    Botswana

    1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

    Finnish

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    Finnish Wikipedia has an article on:
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    Etymology

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    From Tswana Botswana.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈbotswɑnɑ/, [ˈbo̞t.s̠wɑ̝nɑ̝]
    • Rhymes: -otswɑnɑ
    • Syllabification(key): Bots‧wa‧na
    • Hyphenation(key): Bots‧wa‧na

    Proper noun

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    Botswana

    1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

    Declension

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    Inflection of Botswana (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
    nominative Botswana —
    genitive Botswanan —
    partitive Botswanaa —
    illative Botswanaan —
    singular plural
    nominative Botswana —
    accusative nom. Botswana —
    gen. Botswanan
    genitive Botswanan —
    partitive Botswanaa —
    inessive Botswanassa —
    elative Botswanasta —
    illative Botswanaan —
    adessive Botswanalla —
    ablative Botswanalta —
    allative Botswanalle —
    essive Botswanana —
    translative Botswanaksi —
    abessive Botswanatta —
    instructive — —
    comitative See the possessive forms below.
    Possessive forms of Botswana (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
    first-person singular possessor
    singular plural
    nominative Botswanani —
    accusative nom. Botswanani —
    gen. Botswanani
    genitive Botswanani —
    partitive Botswanaani —
    inessive Botswanassani —
    elative Botswanastani —
    illative Botswanaani —
    adessive Botswanallani —
    ablative Botswanaltani —
    allative Botswanalleni —
    essive Botswananani —
    translative Botswanakseni —
    abessive Botswanattani —
    instructive — —
    comitative — —
    second-person singular possessor
    singular plural
    nominative Botswanasi —
    accusative nom. Botswanasi —
    gen. Botswanasi
    genitive Botswanasi —
    partitive Botswanaasi —
    inessive Botswanassasi —
    elative Botswanastasi —
    illative Botswanaasi —
    adessive Botswanallasi —
    ablative Botswanaltasi —
    allative Botswanallesi —
    essive Botswananasi —
    translative Botswanaksesi —
    abessive Botswanattasi —
    instructive — —
    comitative — —
    first-person plural possessor
    singular plural
    nominative Botswanamme —
    accusative nom. Botswanamme —
    gen. Botswanamme
    genitive Botswanamme —
    partitive Botswanaamme —
    inessive Botswanassamme —
    elative Botswanastamme —
    illative Botswanaamme —
    adessive Botswanallamme —
    ablative Botswanaltamme —
    allative Botswanallemme —
    essive Botswananamme —
    translative Botswanaksemme —
    abessive Botswanattamme —
    instructive — —
    comitative — —
    second-person plural possessor
    singular plural
    nominative Botswananne —
    accusative nom. Botswananne —
    gen. Botswananne
    genitive Botswananne —
    partitive Botswanaanne —
    inessive Botswanassanne —
    elative Botswanastanne —
    illative Botswanaanne —
    adessive Botswanallanne —
    ablative Botswanaltanne —
    allative Botswanallenne —
    essive Botswanananne —
    translative Botswanaksenne —
    abessive Botswanattanne —
    instructive — —
    comitative — —
    third-person possessor
    singular plural
    nominative Botswanansa —
    accusative nom. Botswanansa —
    gen. Botswanansa
    genitive Botswanansa —
    partitive Botswanaansa —
    inessive Botswanassaan
    Botswanassansa     		—
    elative Botswanastaan
    Botswanastansa     		—
    illative Botswanaansa —
    adessive Botswanallaan
    Botswanallansa     		—
    ablative Botswanaltaan
    Botswanaltansa     		—
    allative Botswanalleen
    Botswanallensa     		—
    essive Botswananaan
    Botswananansa     		—
    translative Botswanakseen
    Botswanaksensa     		—
    abessive Botswanattaan
    Botswanattansa     		—
    instructive — —
    comitative — —

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    Botswana m

    1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

    German

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    Botswana n (proper noun, strong, genitive Botswanas)

    1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

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    countries in Africa: Staaten Afrikas (appendix)edit

    Hungarian

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     Botswana on Hungarian Wikipedia

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): [ˈbot͡svaːnɒ]
    • Hyphenation: Bots‧wa‧na
    • Rhymes: -nɒ

    Proper noun

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    Botswana

    1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa; official name: Botswanai Köztársaság)

    Declension

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    Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
    singular plural
    nominative Botswana —
    accusative Botswanát —
    dative Botswanának —
    instrumental Botswanával —
    causal-final Botswanáért —
    translative Botswanává —
    terminative Botswanáig —
    essive-formal Botswanaként —
    essive-modal — —
    inessive Botswanában —
    superessive Botswanán —
    adessive Botswanánál —
    illative Botswanába —
    sublative Botswanára —
    allative Botswanához —
    elative Botswanából —
    delative Botswanáról —
    ablative Botswanától —
    non-attributive
    possessive – singular     		Botswanáé —
    non-attributive
    possessive – plural     		Botswanáéi —
    Possessive forms of Botswana
    possessor single possession multiple possessions
    1st person sing. Botswanám —
    2nd person sing. Botswanád —
    3rd person sing. Botswanája —
    1st person plural Botswanánk —
    2nd person plural Botswanátok —
    3rd person plural Botswanájuk —

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    countries in Africa: Afrika országai (appendix)edit

    Indonesian

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    Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
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    Etymology

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      Borrowed from Tswana Botswana

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      Botswana

      1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

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      countries in Africa: negara-negara di Afrika (appendix)edit

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      Interlingua

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      Proper noun

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      Botswana

      1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

      Italian

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      Botswana m

      1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

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      Maltese

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      Proper noun

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      Il-Botswana m

      1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa; official name: Repubblika tal-Botswana)

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      countries in Africa: pajjiżi tal-Afrika (appendix)edit

      Norwegian Bokmål

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      Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
      Wikipedia no

      Proper noun

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      Botswana

      1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)
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      Norwegian Nynorsk

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      Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
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      Proper noun

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      Botswana

      1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)
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      Polish

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      Pronunciation

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      • IPA(key): /bɔˈt͡sfa.na/
      • Audio:(file)
      • Rhymes: -ana
      • Syllabification: Bots‧wa‧na

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      Botswana f (related adjective botswański)

      1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

      Declension

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      Declension of Botswana
      singular
      nominative Botswana
      genitive Botswany
      dative Botswanie
      accusative Botswanę
      instrumental Botswaną
      locative Botswanie
      vocative Botswano

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      nouns

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      countries in Africa: państwa Afryki (appendix)edit

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      Romanian

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      Botswana

      1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

      Scots

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      Proper noun

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      Botswana

      1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

      Slovak

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      Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:
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      Proper noun

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      Botswana f (genitive singular Botswany, declension pattern of žena)

      1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

      References

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      • “Botswana”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

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      Alternative forms

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      Pronunciation

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      • IPA(key): /botˈswana/ [bot̪ˈswa.na]
      • Rhymes: -ana

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      Botswana f

      1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

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      Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:
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      Botswana

      1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

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      countries in Africa: nchi za Afrika (appendix)edit

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      Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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      Etymology

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        From Tswana Botswana, from bo- +‎ Tswana.

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        Botswana n (genitive Botswanas)

        1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)
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        Tagalog

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        Etymology

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        Etymology tree
        Proto-Bantu *bʊ̀-
        Tswana bo-
        Tswana Tswana
        Tswana Botswanader.
        Spanish Botswanabor.
        Tagalog Botswana

          Borrowed from Spanish Botswana, from Tswana Botswana, from bo- + Tswana.

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          Botswana (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜆ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜏᜈ)

          1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

          Tswana

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          Etymology

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            From bo- +‎ Tswana.

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            Botswana

            1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

            Descendants

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            • → English: Botswana

            Welsh

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            Welsh Wikipedia has an article on:
            Wikipedia cy

            Etymology

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              From English Botswana, from Tswana Botswana.

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              Botswana f

              1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

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              countries in Africa: gwledydd Affrica (appendix)edit

              Mutation

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              Mutated forms of Botswana
              radical soft nasal aspirate
              Botswana Fotswana Motswana unchanged

              Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
              All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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              Etymology

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              From Tswana Botswana, from bo- +‎ Tswana.

              Pronunciation

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              • IPA(key): /ɓôːt͡sʼʷaːna/

              Proper noun

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              Botswana

              1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)
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