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XHOSA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Xhosa mean?
• XHOSA (noun)
The noun XHOSA has 3 senses:
1. a member of the Negroid people of southern South Africa
2. a community of Negroid people in southern South Africa
3. a Bantu language closely related to Zulu
Familiarity information: XHOSA used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A member of the Negroid people of southern South Africa
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
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))
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 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)
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