Kgalagadi

//ˌxalaˈxɑːdi// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A member of a Tswana people chiefly living in the Kalahari Desert.
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A district in south-west Botswana, which includes much of the Kalahari Desert.

Synonyms

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bakalahadibakalaharibakgalagadibakgalagalis

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Tswana Kgalagadi (literally “thirst of infamous nature”). Doublet of Kalahari.

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