Botswana
See also: botswana
English
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Botswana
- A country in Southern Africa. Capital: Gaborone.
- Bechuanaland, fully the Bechuanaland Protectorate, a colony of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1966
- The Republic of Botswana, since 1966
Holonyms
Translations
Republic of Botswana
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See also
- Gaborone
- Countries of the world
- (countries of Africa) countries of Africa; Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe (Category: en:Countries in Africa) [edit]
References
- Isaac Schapera, John L Comaroff (2015 June 3) 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
Pronunciation
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Breton
Catalan
Pronunciation
Derived terms
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbot͡svana]
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Botswana f (related adjective botswanský, demonym Botswaňan or Botswanec, female demonym Botswaňanka or Botswanka)
- Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)
Declension
Declension of Botswana (sg-only hard feminine)
singular | |
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nominative | Botswana |
genitive | Botswany |
dative | Botswaně |
accusative | Botswanu |
vocative | Botswano |
locative | Botswaně |
instrumental | Botswanou |
See also
- Bečuánsko
Danish
Dutch
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌbɔtsˈʋaː.naː/, /ˌbɔtˈsʋaː.naː/, /ˌbɔˈtsʋaː.naː/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Bots‧wa‧na
Derived terms
Estonian
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbotswɑnɑ/, [ˈbo̞ts̠wɑ̝nɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -otswɑnɑ
- Syllabification(key): Bots‧wa‧na
Declension
Inflection of Botswana (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | ||||
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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. |
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Derived terms
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɔt.swa.na/
Audio (file)
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɔtsˈvaːna/, /boˈtsvaːna/
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Proper noun
Botswana n (proper noun, strong, genitive Botswanas)
- Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbot͡svaːnɒ]
- Hyphenation: Bots‧wa‧na
- Rhymes: -nɒ
Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | — |
Related terms
Interlingua
Norwegian Bokmål
Norwegian Nynorsk
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɔt͡sˈfa.na/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ana
- Syllabification: Bots‧wa‧na
Declension
Declension of Botswana
singular | plural | |
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nominative | Botswana | Botswany |
genitive | Botswany | Botswan |
dative | Botswanie | Botswanom |
accusative | Botswanę | Botswany |
instrumental | Botswaną | Botswanami |
locative | Botswanie | Botswanach |
vocative | Botswano | Botswany |
Further reading
- Botswana in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Scots
Slovak
Proper noun
Botswana f (genitive singular Botswany, declension pattern of žena)
- Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)
References
- “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, 2024
Spanish
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /botˈswana/ [bot̪ˈswa.na]
- Rhymes: -ana
Derived terms
Swahili
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya) (file)
See also
- (countries of Africa) nchi za Afrika; Algeria or Aljeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Kamerun or Cameroon or Kameruni, Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati, Chad or Chadi, Komori or Visiwa vya Ngazija, Cote d'Ivoire or Kodivaa, Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo or Kongo-Kinshasa, Jibuti or Djibouti, Misri or Umisri, Guinea ya Ikweta or Ginekweta, Eritrea, Ethiopia or Uhabeshi or Habeshi, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea or Gine or Gini, Guinea Bisau or Guinea-Bisau or Ginebisau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagaska or Bukini, Malawi or Unyasa, Mali, Mauritania, Morisi, Mayotte, Moroko or Maroko, Msumbiji or Mozambik, Namibia, Niger or Nijeri, Nigeria or Nijeria or Naijeria, Jamhuri ya Kongo or Kongo-Brazzaville, Réunion, Rwanda or Ruanda, Mtakatifu Helena, Sao Tome na Principe, Senegal or Senegali, Shelisheli, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Afrika Kusini, Sudan Kusini, Sudan, Uswazi or Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Sahara ya Magharibi, Zambia, Zimbabwe (Category: sw:Countries in Africa) [edit]
Swedish
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Related terms
- botswansk (“Botswanan”, adjective)
- botswanier c (“Botswanan male”)
- botswanska c (“Botswanan female”)
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /bot͡sˈwana/ [bot͡sˈwa.nɐ]
- Rhymes: -ana
- Syllabification: Bots‧wa‧na
Tswana
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bʊ.ˈt͡swa.na/
Welsh
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /bɔtsˈwana/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /bɔtsˈwa(ː)na/
Derived terms
- Botswanaidd (“Botswanan”, adjective)
- Botswaniad (“Botswanan (man/woman)”)
- Gweriniaeth Botswana (“Republic of Botswana”)
Mutation
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
Botswana | Fotswana | Motswana | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
See also
- (countries of Africa) gwledydd Affrica; yr Aifft, Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Bwrcina Ffaso, Bwrwndi, Cabo Verde, Camerŵn, Cenia, Comoros, De Africa, De Swdan, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Gini, Gini Bisaw, Gini Gyhydeddol, Gorllewin Sahara, Gweriniaeth Canolbarth Affrica, Gweriniaeth Ddemocrataidd y Congo, Gweriniaeth y Congo, Jibwti, Lesotho, Liberia, Libia, Madagasgar, Malawi, Mali, Mawrisiws, Mawritania, Moroco, Mosambic, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sambia, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Simbabwe, Somalia, Swdan, Tansania, Tiwnisia, Togo, y Traeth Ifori, Tsiad, Wganda (Category: cy:Countries in Africa) [edit]
Zulu
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɓôːt͡sʼʷaːna/
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