REPUBLIC OF BOTSWANA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Republic of Botswana mean? 

• REPUBLIC OF BOTSWANA (noun)
  The noun REPUBLIC OF BOTSWANA has 1 sense:

1. a landlocked republic in south-central Africa that became independent from British control in the 1960s

  Familiarity information: REPUBLIC OF BOTSWANA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REPUBLIC OF BOTSWANA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A landlocked republic in south-central Africa that became independent from British control in the 1960s

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Botswana; Republic of Botswana

Instance hypernyms:

African country; African nation (any one of the countries occupying the African continent)

Meronyms (parts of "Republic of Botswana"):

capital of Botswana; Gaborone (capital and largest city of Botswana in the extreme southeast)

Kalahari; Kalahari Desert (a desert in southwestern Africa - largely Botswana)

Meronyms (members of "Republic of Botswana"):

Herero (a member of a pastoral Bantu people living in Namibia, Botswana, and Angola)

Sotho (a member of the Bantu people who inhabit Botswana, Lesotho, and northern South Africa and who speak the Sotho languages)

Batswana; Bechuana; Tswana (a member of a Bantu people living chiefly in Botswana and western South Africa)

Holonyms ("Republic of Botswana" is a part of...):

Africa (the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean)