name
Meaning 1
The language of the Herero people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
Herero
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/hɛˈrɛəroʊ/
noun
Meaning 2
A member of a people belonging to the Bantu group, with about 240,000 members today mostly in Namibia, Angola, and Botswana.
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noun
Meaning 3
a Banto language spoken by the Herero in Namibia, Botswana, and Angola
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Bantu, Bantoid language
noun
Meaning 4
a member of a pastoral Bantu people living in Namibia, Botswana, and Angola
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Bantu
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: հերերո (herero) — language
- Finnish: herero — language
- Irish: Heiréiris — language
- Portuguese: herero — language
- Russian: гереро (gerero) — language
- Swedish: herero — language
- Finnish: herero — person
- Portuguese: herero — person
- Portuguese: hereró — person
- Russian: гереро (gerero) — person
- Swedish: herero — person