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HERERO
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A Banto language spoken by the Herero in Namibia, Botswana, and Angola
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Herero" is a kind of...):
Bantoid language; Bantu (a family of languages widely spoken in the southern half of the African continent)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A member of a pastoral Bantu people living in Namibia, Botswana, and Angola
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Herero" is a kind of...):
Bantu (a member of any of a large number of linguistically related peoples of Central and South Africa)
Holonyms ("Herero" is a member of...):
Namibia; Republic of Namibia; South West Africa (a republic in southwestern Africa on the south Atlantic coast (formerly called South West Africa); achieved independence from South Africa in 1990; the greater part of Namibia forms part of the high Namibian plateau of South Africa)
Angola; Republic of Angola (a republic in southwestern Africa on the Atlantic Ocean; achieved independence from Portugal in 1975 and was the scene of civil war until 1990)
Botswana; Republic of Botswana (a landlocked republic in south-central Africa that became independent from British control in the 1960s)
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