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Bechuana|bɛtʃʊˈɑːnə, also bɛkjʊˈɑːnə|
Pl. Bechuana, -anas |-z|. Also Bechwana, and other variants.
A member of a negroid people inhabiting the country between the Orange and Zambezi rivers in Southern Africa, speaking Tswana (formerly called Sechuana), a Bantu language. Also attrib.
1804J. Barrow Trav. S. Afr. II. ii. 114 The city Leetakoo, the capital of a tribe of Kaffers called Booshooanas, situate at the distance of sixteen days' journey beyond the Orange River, in the direction of north-east from the Cape. 1822W. J. Burchell Trav. I. 581 Bichuánia; or the country of the Bichuana (Bitjuána) nations. 1826R. Moffatt (title) A Bechuana Catechism. 1850J. W. Appleyard Kafir Language 31 The terms Bechuana (a variation of Bachuana) and Sechuana, are different forms of the same verbal root, the former referring to people, and the latter to language... By the Hottentot tribes, the Bechuanas are called Briqua, the goat-people. 1875Encycl. Brit. III. 478/1 The Bechwana are divided into numerous tribes. 1936Discovery June 172/1 The Southern Bantu comprise the Shona peoples, the Xulu-Xosa.., the Suto-Chawana (Bechwana, Basuto, etc.), and the Herero-Ovambo. 1964E. Huxley Back Street New Worlds xiii. 125 A group of Bechuana girls pitchforked by air..into a big London hospital. |