Botswana

 

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /bɒtˈswɑːnə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /bɑːtˈswɑːnə/

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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

• Subsahara

• Gaborone
• Countries of the world
• (countries of Africa) countries of Africa; Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe ^{(Category: en:Countries in Africa) [edit]}

•   Botswana on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• swan boat

 

Afrikaans Wikipedia has an article on:

Botswana

Wikipedia ^af

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Botswana

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

Botswana

1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

 

Catalan Wikipedia has an article on:

Botswana

Wikipedia ^ca

• 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

 

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

Botswana

Wikipedia ^cs

• IPA^(key): [ˈbot͡svana]

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Botswana f (related 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)

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/

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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)

 

Finnish Wikipedia has an article on:

Botswana

Wikipedia ^fi

From Tswana Botswana.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbotswɑnɑ/, [ˈbo̞t.s̠wɑ̝nɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -otswɑnɑ
• 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)

• (countries of Africa) Staaten Afrikas; Ägypten, Algerien, Angola, Äquatorialguinea, Äthiopien, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Dschibuti, Elfenbeinküste, Eritrea, Eswatini, Gabun, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kamerun, Kap Verde, Kenia, Komoren, Demokratische Republik Kongo, Republik Kongo, Lesotho, Liberia, Libyen, Madagaskar, Malawi, Mali, Marokko, Mauretanien, Mauritius, Mosambik, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Ruanda, Sambia, São Tomé und Príncipe, Senegal, Seychellen, Sierra Leone, Simbabwe, Somalia, Südafrika, Sudan, Südsudan, Tansania, Togo, Tschad, Tunesien, Uganda, Zentralafrikanische Republik ^{(Category: de:Countries in Africa)}

 

Hungarian Wikipedia has an article on:

Botswana

Wikipedia ^hu

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

Botswana

1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

• botswanai

Botswana

1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

 

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

Botswana

Wikipedia ^it

Botswana m

1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

• botswaniano

 

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

Botswana

Wikipedia ^no

Botswana

1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

• botswaner
• botswansk

 

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

Botswana

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Botswana

1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

• botswan, botswanar
• botswansk

 

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

Botswana

Wikipedia ^pl

• IPA^(key): /bɔˈt͡sfa.na/

• Audio:

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

Botswana f (related adjective botswański)

1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

• (countries of Africa) państwa Afryki; Algieria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Czad, Demokratyczna Republika Konga, Dżibuti, Egipt, Erytrea, Eswatini, Etiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Gwinea, Gwinea Bissau, Gwinea Równikowa, Kamerun, Kenia, Komory, Kongo, Lesotho, Liberia, Libia, Madagaskar, Malawi, Mali, Maroko, Mauretania, Mauritius, Mozambik, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Południowa Afryka, Republika Środkowoafrykańska, Republika Zielonego Przylądka, Rwanda, Sahara Zachodnia, Senegal, Seszele, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Sudan Południowy, Tanzania, Togo, Tunezja, Uganda, Wybrzeże Kości Słoniowej, Wyspy Świętego Tomasza i Książęca, Zambia, Zimbabwe ^{(Category: pl:Countries in Africa) [edit]}

• 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)

 

Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:

Botswana

Wikipedia ^sk

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, 2003–2024

 

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

Botswana

Wikipedia ^es

• Botsuana

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

Botswana f

1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

 

Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:

Botswana

Wikipedia ^sw

• Audio (Kenya):

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Botswana

1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

• (countries of Africa) nchi za Afrika; Algeria or Aljeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Kamerun or Cameroon or Kameruni, Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati, Chad or Chadi, Komori or Visiwa vya Ngazija, Cote d'Ivoire or Kodivaa, Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo or Kongo-Kinshasa, Jibuti or Djibouti, Misri or Umisri, Guinea ya Ikweta or Ginekweta, Eritrea, Ethiopia or Uhabeshi or Habeshi, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea or Gine or Gini, Guinea Bisau or Guinea-Bisau or Ginebisau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagaska or Bukini, Malawi or Unyasa, Mali, Mauritania, Morisi, Mayotte, Moroko or Maroko, Msumbiji or Mozambik, Namibia, Niger or Nijeri, Nigeria or Nijeria or Naijeria, Jamhuri ya Kongo or Kongo-Brazzaville, Réunion, Rwanda or Ruanda, Mtakatifu Helena, Sao Tome na Principe, Senegal or Senegali, Shelisheli, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Afrika Kusini, Sudan Kusini, Sudan, Uswazi or Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Sahara ya Magharibi, Zambia, Zimbabwe ^{(Category: sw:Countries in Africa) [edit]}

 

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

Botswana

Wikipedia ^sv

From Tswana Botswana, from bo- +‎ Tswana.

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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): /botsˈwana/ [botsˈwaː.n̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: Bots‧wa‧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)

 

Welsh Wikipedia has an article on:

Botswana

Wikipedia ^cy

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”)

• (countries of Africa) gwledydd Affrica; yr Aifft, Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Bwrcina Ffaso, Bwrwndi, Cabo Verde, Camerŵn, Cenia, Comoros, De Affrica, De Swdan, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Gini, Gini Bisaw, Gini Gyhydeddol, Gorllewin Sahara, Gweriniaeth Canolbarth Affrica, Gweriniaeth Ddemocrataidd y Congo, Gweriniaeth y Congo, Jibwti, Lesotho, Liberia, Libia, Madagasgar, Malawi, Mali, Mawrisiws, Mawritania, Moroco, Mosambic, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sambia, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Simbabwe, Somalia, Swdan, Tansania, Tiwnisia, Togo, y Traeth Ifori, Tsiad, Wganda ^{(Category: cy:Countries in Africa) [edit]}

From English Botswana, from bo- +‎ Tswana.

• IPA^(key): /ɓôːt͡sʼʷaːna/

Botswana

1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)