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Definition of Tswana in English: TswananounPlural Tswanas, Plural Batswana ˈtswɑːnəˈ(t)swänə 1A member of a southern African people living in Botswana, South Africa, and neighbouring areas. Example sentencesExamples - The Tswanas are the smallest ethnic group in Namibia.
- Thank you to all my thousands of supporters, my people, all the farmers and all the Tswanas and Zulus who love me.
- The Tswanas right now are paying for primary and secondary education.
- The rest were 10 Indians, two Americans, two Koreans, one Kenyan, five Malawians, a Belgian, one Senegalese, one Dutch, one Greek, one German national, two Ghanaians, three Tswanas, two Canadians, a Dane and two Irish nationals.
- In the late 19th century, hostilities broke out between the Batswana and Boer settlers from the Transvaal.
2mass noun The language of the Tswana, one of the official languages of South Africa. Also called Setswana Example sentencesExamples - It boasts a multi-lingual programme, including Sotho, Tswana, Pedi, Afrikaans and Xhosa, and creates an opportunity for writers to stimulate the often declining readership of their vernacular.
- There are other languages, Tswana, Venda, and Ndebela.
- It uses all the languages of South Africa, running subtitles in English when cast members break into Zulu, Xhosa, Sotho, Afrikaans, Tswana or any of a dozen other tongues.
- Mary tells me there are CDs available each with 500 ‘everyday phrases’ in Xhosa, Zulu, Sotho and Tswana.
- The schoolbooks were in English, notably the ubiquitous Nelson's Royal Readers, and Plaatje emerged with English alongside Tswana as his main language.
adjective ˈtswɑːnəˈ(t)swänə Relating to the Tswana or their language. Example sentencesExamples - There was a Bushman village near Roger's camp and I walked there with Tumalano, his Tswana foreman, who spoke their language as well as English.
- The name Kami means acceptance in the Tswana language.
- To the north, Tswana chiefs and notables became involved in commercial hunting and supplied timber to Kimberley before the railways and coal arrived in 1884.
- The domination of the country by the Tswana polities has persisted in a nonethnic government through the easy assumption of the predominance of Tswana people, language, and customs.
- Traditional healers blessed the occasion and Tswana dancers in animal skins and traditional dress, were roundly cheered as they clapped and danced their way through their intricate dance.
Origin Stem of Setswana moTswana, plural baTswana. Rhymes Africana, Afrikaner, Americana, ana, banana, Botswana, bwana, cabana, caragana, Christiana, Dana, darner, Edwardiana, garner, Georgiana, Ghana, Gloriana, Guiana, gymkhana, Haryana, iguana, Lana, lantana, liana, Lipizzaner, Ljubljana, Mahayana, mana, mañana, marijuana, nirvana, Oriana, pacarana, piranha, prana, Purana, Rosh Hashana, Santayana, Setswana, sultana, Tatiana, Tijuana, Tirana, tramontana, varna, Victoriana, zenana Definition of Tswana in US English: Tswananounˈ(t)swänə 1A member of a people living in Botswana, South Africa, and neighboring areas. Example sentencesExamples - The Tswanas are the smallest ethnic group in Namibia.
- The rest were 10 Indians, two Americans, two Koreans, one Kenyan, five Malawians, a Belgian, one Senegalese, one Dutch, one Greek, one German national, two Ghanaians, three Tswanas, two Canadians, a Dane and two Irish nationals.
- Thank you to all my thousands of supporters, my people, all the farmers and all the Tswanas and Zulus who love me.
- The Tswanas right now are paying for primary and secondary education.
- In the late 19th century, hostilities broke out between the Batswana and Boer settlers from the Transvaal.
2The language of the Tswana, one of the official languages of South Africa. Also called Setswana Example sentencesExamples - The schoolbooks were in English, notably the ubiquitous Nelson's Royal Readers, and Plaatje emerged with English alongside Tswana as his main language.
- There are other languages, Tswana, Venda, and Ndebela.
- It boasts a multi-lingual programme, including Sotho, Tswana, Pedi, Afrikaans and Xhosa, and creates an opportunity for writers to stimulate the often declining readership of their vernacular.
- Mary tells me there are CDs available each with 500 ‘everyday phrases’ in Xhosa, Zulu, Sotho and Tswana.
- It uses all the languages of South Africa, running subtitles in English when cast members break into Zulu, Xhosa, Sotho, Afrikaans, Tswana or any of a dozen other tongues.
adjectiveˈ(t)swänə Relating to the Tswana or their language. Example sentencesExamples - Traditional healers blessed the occasion and Tswana dancers in animal skins and traditional dress, were roundly cheered as they clapped and danced their way through their intricate dance.
- The domination of the country by the Tswana polities has persisted in a nonethnic government through the easy assumption of the predominance of Tswana people, language, and customs.
- The name Kami means acceptance in the Tswana language.
- To the north, Tswana chiefs and notables became involved in commercial hunting and supplied timber to Kimberley before the railways and coal arrived in 1884.
- There was a Bushman village near Roger's camp and I walked there with Tumalano, his Tswana foreman, who spoke their language as well as English.
Origin Stem of Setswana moTswana, plural baTswana. |