name
Meaning 1
The Bantu language of these people; Setswana.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Setswana
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Tswana
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈtswɑːnə/
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/ˈswɑːnə/
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rhymes with -ɑːnə
noun
Meaning 2
A Bantu people living in Botswana and South Africa.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Batswana
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
the dialect of Sotho spoken by the Tswana in Botswana
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Setswana, Sechuana
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Sotho
noun
Meaning 4
a member of a Bantu people living chiefly in Botswana and western South Africa
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Bechuana, Batswana
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Bantu
History
Etymology
From Tswana Tswana, the stem of Motswana/Batswana/Setswana. See Botswana for more.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: Tswana — language
- Chinese Mandarin: 茨瓦納語 /茨瓦纳语 (Cíwǎnàyǔ) — language
- Dutch: Tswana — language
- Finnish: tswana — language
- Greek: τσουάνα (tsouána) — language
- Navajo: Tswana Dineʼé bizaad — language
- Romanian: tswana — language
- Russian: тсвана (tsvana) — language
- Swahili: Kitswana — language
- Tswana: Setswana — language
- Chinese Mandarin: 茨瓦納人 /茨瓦纳人 (Cíwǎnàrén) — people
- Finnish: tswanat — people
- Romanian: tswana — people
- Russian: тсвана (tsvana) — people
- Tswana: Motswana — people
- Tswana: Batswana — people