URI(s)

• http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79079238

Codes

• f-bs---

Variants

• Batsvana
• Bociwana
• Bocvana
• Bocvano
• Botsouana
• Botsuana
• Botsuwana
• Botsvana
• Botsvana Cumhuriyeti
• Botsvana Respublikası
• Botsvanas Republika
• Botsvanos Respublika
• Botswana Vabariik
• Botswanako Errepublika
• Botswanan tasavalta
• Botswanská republika
• Cộng hoà Botswana
• Dēmokratia tēs Botsouanas
• GOB
• Gweriniaeth Botswana
• Jamhuri ya Botswana
• Lefatshe la Botswana
• Lýðveldið Botsvana
• Quatsawana
• Repaboliki ya Botswana
• Repubblica del Botswana
• Republic of Botswana
• Republica de Botsuana
• República do Botsuana
• República do Botswana
• Republiek Botswana
• Republiek van Botswana
• Republik Botsuana
• Republik Botswana
• Republika Bocvana
• Republika Botswany
• Republika ng Botswana
• Republiken Botswana
• Republikken Botswana
• République du Botswana
• Rėspublika Batsvana
• Respublika Botsvana
• Respubliko Bocvano
• Μποτσουάνα
• Δημοκρατία της Μποτσουάνας
• Рэспубліка Батсвана
• Республика Ботсвана
• Республіка Ботсвана
• Република Боцвана
• Батсвана
• Ботсвана
• Боцвана
• ボツワナ
• 博茨瓦纳
• ᏆᏣᏩᎾ

Identifies LC/NAF RWO

• http://id.loc.gov/rwo/agents/n79079238

Identifies RWO

• http://www.viaf.org/viaf/128459392
• http://isni.org/isni/0000000121554000
• http://dbpedia.org/resource/Botswana
• http://sws.geonames.org/933860/
• http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1000150-place
• http://musicbrainz.org/area/e5e11b08-d26d-341c-af28-69d3c26607f7#_

• Descriptor

  Country

• Descriptor

  http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300387506

• Descriptor

  Republics

• Descriptor

  http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300128207

• Descriptor

  Nation (thesoz)

• Descriptor

  Nation-state

• Descriptor

  State (eurovocen)

• Descriptor

  State (stw)

• Associated Locale

  Africa

• Associated Locale

  Africa, Southern

• Associated Locale

• Associated Locale

  Africa, English-speaking

• Associated Locale

• Associated Language

  English

Has Demonym

• Batswana

Additional Related Forms

• Presidential Commission on Housing Policy in Botswana

Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

• Botswana
• http://viaf.org/en/viaf/LC%7Cn%20%2079079238
• http://eurovoc.europa.eu/5029
• http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/18861
• http://id.cabi.org/cabt/19947
• http://id.agrisemantics.org/gacs/C571
• http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1000150
• http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001902
• http://zbw.eu/stw/descriptor/17680-2
• http://vocabularies.unesco.org/thesaurus/concept692

Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

• Botsuana
• Botswana
• Botswana Label from public data source Wikidata

Earlier Established Forms

• Bechuanaland Protectorate

Sources

• found: Gt. Brit. Central Office of Information. Reference Division. Botswana, 1966.
• found: Volkov, V. V. Botsvana, 1985.
• found: Children, women, and development in Botswana, 1989:t.p. (GOB) cover (Republic of Botswana)
• found: Wikipedia, Mar. 19, 2010(Botswana; Republic of Botswana (Tswana: Lefatshe la Botswana); formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland) Afrikaans page (Republiek van Botswana) Allemannisch page (Botsuana) Aragonese page (Botsuana; Republica de Botsuana) Franco-Provençal page (Botsouana) Azeri page (Botsvana; Botsvana Respublikası) Belarusian page (Батсвана = Batsvana; Рэспубліка Батсвана = Rėspublika Batsvana) Bosnian page (Bocvana; Republika Bocvana) Bulgarian page (Ботсвана = Botsvana) Czech page (Botswana; Botswanská republika; Repaboliki ya Botswana) Welsh page (Botswana; Gweriniaeth Botswana) Danish page (Botswana; Republikken Botswana) German page (Botsuana; Republik Botsuana) Estonian page (Botswana; Botswana Vabariik) Greek page (Μποτσουάνα = Botsouana; Δημοκρατία της Μποτσουάνας = Dēmokratia tēs Botsouanas) Spanish page (Botsuana; República de Botsuana) Esperanto page (Bocvano; Respubliko Bocvano) Basque page (Botswana; Botswanako Errepublika) French page (Botswana; République du Botswana) Indonesian page (Botswana; Republik Botswana) Icelandic page (Botsvana; Lýðveldið Botsvana) Italian page (Botswana; Repubblica del Botswana) Swahili page (Botswana; Jamhuri ya Botswana) Latvian page (Botsvana; Botsvanas Republika) Lithuanian page (Botsvana; Botsvanos Respublika) Macedonian page (Боцвана = Bocvana; Република Боцвана = Republika Bocvana) Dutch page (Botswana; Republiek Botswana) Japanese page (ボツワナ = Botsuwana) Polish page (Botswana, Republika Botswany) Portuguese page (Botswana or Botsuana; República do Botswana/Botsuana) Russian page (Ботсвана = Botsvana; Республика Ботсвана = Respublika Botsvana) Finnish page (Botswana; Botswanan tasavalta) Swedish page (Botswana; Republiken Botswana) Tagalog page (Botswana; Republika ng Botswana) Turkish page (Botsvana; Botsvana Cumhuriyeti) Ukrainian page (Ботсвана = Botsvana; Республіка Ботсвана = Respublika Botsvana) Vietnamese page (Botswana; Cộng hoà Botswana) Chinese page (博茨瓦纳 = Bociwana)
• found: GEOnet, July 11, 2014(Botswana (approved), Republic of Botswana (approved); Botswana (short); variants: British Protectorate of Bechuanaland; Bechuanaland Protectorate; Betschuanaland Protektorat; Betsjoeanaland; Britse Protektoraat van Betsjoeanaland; Betsjoeanaland Protektoraat; Northern Bechuanaland; independent political entity; 22°00ʹ00ʺS, 024°00ʹ00ʺE (-22, 24))
• found: Cherokee Nation. Language Technology. Gvhnagesdv, between 2011 and 2025, viewed on November 20, 2025(ᏆᏣᏩᎾ = Quatsawana) - https://language.cherokee.org/media/amoak2s2/africa.pdf

Editorial Notes

• [Non-Latin script references not evaluated.]

Instance Of

• MADS/RDF Geographic
• MADS/RDF Authority
• SKOS Concept

Scheme Membership(s)

• Library of Congress Name Authority File

Collection Membership(s)

• Names Collection - Authorized Headings
• LC Names Collection - General Collection

Change Notes

• 1979-09-14: new
• 2025-11-22: revised

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