KHOISAN

Meaning of KHOISAN in English

/koy"sahn/ , n.

1. a family of languages found chiefly in southern Africa and including the languages of the San and the Khoikhoi.

adj.

2. of or belonging to Khoisan.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

KHOISAN — noun Etymology: Khoikhoi + San Date: 1930 a group of African peoples speaking ~ languages, a family of African languages …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
KHOISAN — ˈkȯiˌsän noun ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized 1. : a group of African peoples speaking Khoisan languages 2. : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KHOISAN — noun Etymology: Khoi khoi + San Date: 1930 1. : a group of African peoples speaking Khoisan languages 2. : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
KHOISAN — [ 'kɔɪsα:n ] ■ noun 1》 [usu. treated as plural ] a collective term for the Khoikhoi and San peoples …
Concise Oxford English vocab
KHOISAN — [Khoi.san] n [Khoikhoi + San] (1930) 1: a group of African peoples speaking Khoisan languages 2: a family of African …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
KHOISAN — Khoisan BrE AmE ˌkɔɪ ˈsɑːn -ˈsæn
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
KHOISAN — Койсанские народы
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
KHOISAN — n. Pronunciation: ' ko ̇ i- ˌ sän, - ' sän Function: noun Etymology: Khoi khoi + San Date: 1930 …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
KHOISAN LANGUAGES — Group of more than 20 languages presently spoken by perhaps several hundred thousand Khoekhoe and San peoples of southern Africa. …
Английский словарь Британика
KHOISAN LANGUAGES
Britannica English vocabulary
KHOISAN LANGUAGES — Group of more than 20 languages presently spoken by perhaps several hundred thousand Khoekhoe and San peoples of southern Africa. …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
KUNG — I. noun (plural ~) Date: 1926 a member of a people of southern Africa, the Khoisan language of the !~ …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
KHOIKHOI — noun (plural ~) Date: 1791 a member of any of a group of Khoisan-speaking pastoral peoples of southern Africa, the …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BUSHMAN — noun Date: 1785 1. capitalized \modification of obsolete Afrikaans boschjesman, from boschje (diminutive of bosch forest) + Afrikaans man] a …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SOUTH AFRICA, REPUBLIC OF — formerly Union of South Africa Southernmost country on the African continent. The kingdom of Lesotho lies within its boundaries. Area: …
Английский словарь Британика
NGUNI — Cluster of related ethnic groups living in South Africa, Swaziland, and Zimbabwe, including the Xhosa , Zulu , Swazi , …
Английский словарь Британика
LANGUAGE — I System of conventional spoken or written symbols used by people in a shared culture to communicate with each other. …
Английский словарь Британика
KHOEKHOE — or Khoikhoi formerly Hottentot (pejorative) Group of peoples, speaking closely related Khoisan languages , who were among the first indigenous …
Английский словарь Британика
GREENBERG, JOSEPH H(AROLD) — born May 28, 1915, New York, N.Y., U.S. died May 7, 2001, Stanford, Calif. U.S. anthropologist and linguist. He received …
Английский словарь Британика
DAMARALAND — Historical region, north-central Namibia. Occupied by the Herero and Khoisan people, who subjugated the original Bergdama people there, it extends …
Английский словарь Британика
CLICK — In phonetics, a suction sound made in the mouth. Click sounds occur in various African languages and are often used …
Английский словарь Британика
AFRIKAANS LANGUAGE — It was developed from 17th-century Dutch by descendants of European settlers, indigenous {{link=Khoisan languages">Khoisan -speaking peoples, and African and Asian …
Английский словарь Британика
KHOIKHOI — noun ( plural Khoikhoi ) Date: 1791 1. : a member of any of a group of Khoisan-speaking pastoral peoples …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HOTTENTOT — [Hot.ten.tot] n [Afrik] (1677) 1: a member of any of a group of Khoisan-speaking pastoral peoples of southern Africa 2: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SOUTHERN AFRICA, HISTORY OF
Britannica English vocabulary
LANGUAGE — a system of conventional spoken or written symbols by means of which human beings, as members of a social group …
Britannica English vocabulary
SAN LANGUAGES — also called Bushman, Khoisan languages spoken by San tribesmen in southern Africa. The San languages are often divided by scholars …
Britannica English vocabulary
KHOIKHOIN LANGUAGES — also called Hottentot, group of Khoisan languages most closely related to the Central San languages, with which they are placed …
Britannica English vocabulary
CAPE FRONTIER WARS — also called Kaffir, or Kafir, Wars (17791879), 100 years of intermittent warfare between the Cape colonists and the Xhosa agricultural …
Britannica English vocabulary
BOTSWANA, FLAG OF
Britannica English vocabulary
AFRICAN LANGUAGES — languages indigenous to Africa that belong to the Niger-Congo, Nilo-Saharan, Khoisan, and Afro-Asiatic language families. The number of African languages …
Britannica English vocabulary
CLICK — n. In phonetics, a suction sound made in the mouth. Click sounds occur in various African languages and are often …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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