Botswana

Borrowed from Tswana Botswana, from bo- +‎ Tswana, of uncertain origin.^[1]

• (UK) IPA^(key): /bɒtˈswɑːnə/

• Audio (UK):

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• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /bɑːtˈswɑːnə/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːnə

Botswana

2. A country in Southern Africa. Capital: Gaborone.
   1. Bechuanaland, fully the Bechuanaland Protectorate, a colony of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1966
   2. The Republic of Botswana, since 1966.
      • 2018 April 20, Bard Wilkinson, “Absolute monarch renames Swaziland ‘eSwatini’”, in CNN‎^[1]:

        After independence, Rhodesia changed its name to Zimbabwe, Nyasaland to Malawi, and Bechuanaland to Botswana.

      • 2024 April 3, Nadine Schmidt, Sarah Dean and Ingrid Formanek, “Botswana threatens to send 20,000 elephants to Germany in trophy hunting dispute”, in CNN‎^[2]:

        According to Masisi, Botswana has seen its elephant population grow to some 130,000.

• Subsahara

• Gaborone
• Countries of the world

• Botswana on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• swan boat

• Audio:

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Botswana

1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa; capital: Gaborone)

Botswana

1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

• IPA^(key): (Central) [butsˈwa.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [botsˈwa.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [botsˈwa.na]

• Audio (Valencia):

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Botswana f

1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

• botswanès

• IPA^(key): [ˈbot͡svana]

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Botswana f (relational adjective botswanský, demonym Botswaňan or Botswanec, female demonym Botswaňanka or Botswanka)

1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

• Bečuánsko

• “Botswana”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “Botswana”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “Botswana”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Botswana

1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

• botswaner
• botswansk

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /ˌbɔtsˈʋaː.naː/, /ˌbɔtˈsʋaː.naː/, /ˌbɔˈtsʋaː.naː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Bots‧wa‧na

Botswana n

1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa) [from 1960s]

• Botswaan

Botswana

1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

From Tswana Botswana.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbotswɑnɑ/, [ˈbo̞t.s̠wɑ̝nɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -otswɑnɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Bots‧wa‧na
• Hyphenation^(key): Bots‧wa‧na

Botswana

1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

• IPA^(key): /bɔt.swa.na/

• Audio:

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Botswana m

1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

• IPA^(key): /bɔtsˈvaːna/, /boˈtsvaːna/

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Botswana n (proper noun, strong, genitive Botswanas)

1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

• IPA^(key): [ˈbot͡svaːnɒ]
• Hyphenation: Bots‧wa‧na
• Rhymes: -nɒ

Botswana

1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa; official name: Botswanai Köztársaság)

Botswana

1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

Botswana m

1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

• botswaniano

Botswana

1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

• botswaner
• botswansk

Botswana

1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

• botswan, botswanar
• botswansk

• IPA^(key): /bɔˈt͡sfa.na/

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• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: Bots‧wa‧na

Botswana f (related adjective botswański)

1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

• Botswana in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Botswana

1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

Botswana

1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

Botswana f (genitive singular Botswany, declension pattern of žena)

1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

• “Botswana”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

• Botsuana

• IPA^(key): /botˈswana/ [bot̪ˈswa.na]
• Rhymes: -ana

Botswana f

1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

• Audio (Kenya):

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Botswana

1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

From Tswana Botswana, from bo- +‎ Tswana.

• IPA^(key): /bɔtˈsvɑːna/

• Audio:

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Botswana n (genitive Botswanas)

1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

• botswansk (“Botswanan”, adjective)
• botswanier c (“Botswanan male”)
• botswanska c (“Botswanan female”)

• Botswana in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• Svensk MeSH

Borrowed from Spanish Botswana, from Tswana Botswana.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /botˈswana/ [bot̪ˈswaː.n̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: Bot‧swa‧na

Botswana (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜆ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜏᜈ)

1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

• IPA^(key): /bʊ.ˈt͡swa.na/

Botswana

1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

From English Botswana, from Tswana Botswana.

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /bɔtsˈwana/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /bɔtsˈwa(ː)na/

Botswana f

1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

• Botswanaidd (“Botswanan”, adjective)
• Botswaniad (“Botswanan (man/woman)”)
• Gweriniaeth Botswana (“Republic of Botswana”)

From Tswana Botswana, from bo- +‎ Tswana.

• IPA^(key): /ɓôːt͡sʼʷaːna/

Botswana

1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)