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XHOSA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A Bantu language closely related to Zulu
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Xhosa" is a kind of...):
Nguni (a group of southern Bantu languages)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A community of Negroid people in southern South Africa
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Instance hypernyms:
community (a group of people living in a particular local area)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A member of the Negroid people of southern South Africa
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Xhosa" is a kind of...):
African (a native or inhabitant of Africa)
Holonyms ("Xhosa" is a member of...):
Republic of South Africa; South Africa (a republic at the southernmost part of Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1910; first European settlers were Dutch (known as Boers))
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