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A district in south-west Botswana, which includes much of the Kalahari Desert.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A member of a Tswana people chiefly living in the Kalahari Desert.
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Synonyms: Bakgalagadi, Bakalahadi, Bakalahari, Bakgalagalis
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History
Etymology tree Tswana kgala Tswana -gadi Tswana Kgalagadiubor. English Kgalagadi Unadapted borrowing from Tswana Kgalagadi (literally “a large, dry area”), from kgala (“become dry”) + -gadi (“large”). Doublet of Kalahari.
