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HOTTENTOT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Hottentot mean?
• HOTTENTOT (noun)
The noun HOTTENTOT has 1 sense:
1. any of the Khoisan languages spoken by the pastoral people of Namibia and South Africa
Familiarity information: HOTTENTOT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of the Khoisan languages spoken by the pastoral people of Namibia and South Africa
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
Hottentot; Khoikhoi; Khoikhoin
Hypernyms ("Hottentot" is a kind of...):
Khoisan; Khoisan language (a family of languages spoken in southern Africa)
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