Botswana en · PROPN
Pronunciation
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Bantu *bʊ̀- Tswana bo- Tswana Tswana Tswana Botswanabor. English Botswana Borrowed from Tswana Botswana, from bo- + Tswana, of uncertain origin.
Meanings
- A country in Southern Africa. Capital: Gaborone. ▸ Bechuanaland, fully the Bechuanaland Protectorate, a colony of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1966
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A country in Southern Africa. Capital: Gaborone. ▸ The Republic of Botswana, since 1966.
After independence, Rhodesia changed its name to Zimbabwe, Nyasaland to Malawi, and Bechuanaland to Botswana.
2018 April 20, Bard Wilkinson, “Absolute monarch renames Swaziland ‘eSwatini’”, in CNN:According to Masisi, Botswana has seen its elephant population grow to some 130,000.
2024 April 3, Nadine Schmidt, Sarah Dean and Ingrid Formanek, “Botswana threatens to send 20,000 elephants to Germany in trophy hunting dispute”, in CNN:
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Gaborone · Countries of the world
Translations (87)
bew Boswana (Republic of Botswana) · am ቦትስዋና (Republic of Botswana) · ki Botswana (Republic of Botswana) · ast Botsuana (Republic of Botswana) · ga An Bhotsuáin (Republic of Botswana) · mg Botsoana (Republic of Botswana) · kk Ботсвана (Republic of Botswana) · id Botswana (Republic of Botswana) · sw Botswana (Republic of Botswana) · cmn 波札那 (Republic of Botswana) · ha Baswana (Republic of Botswana) · lt Botsvana (Republic of Botswana) · sv Botswana (Republic of Botswana) · th บอตสวานา (Republic of Botswana) · sl Bocvana (Republic of Botswana) · ban Botswana (Republic of Botswana) · gl Botswana (Republic of Botswana) · de Botsuana (Republic of Botswana) · lo ບົດສະວານາ (Republic of Botswana) · scn Botsuana (Republic of Botswana) · km បុតស្វាណា (Republic of Botswana) · tl Botswana (Republic of Botswana) · lv Botsvana (Republic of Botswana) · bn বতসোয়ানা (Republic of Botswana) · vi Bốt-xoa-na (Republic of Botswana) · cs Botswana (Republic of Botswana) · ca Botswana (Republic of Botswana) · ar بُتْسْوَانَا (Republic of Botswana) · es Botsuana (Republic of Botswana) · it Botswana (Republic of Botswana) · gl Botsuana (Republic of Botswana) · af Botswana (Republic of Botswana) · nrf Botswana (Republic of Botswana) · ta போட்சுவானா (Republic of Botswana) · ar بُوتْسْوَانَا (Republic of Botswana) · crh Botsvana (Republic of Botswana) · fo Botsvana (Republic of Botswana) · ko 보츠와나 (Republic of Botswana) · tg Ботсвана (Republic of Botswana) · he בוצוונה (Republic of Botswana) · mk Боцва́на (Republic of Botswana) · tr Botsvana (Republic of Botswana) · nl Botswana (Republic of Botswana) · mi Potiwana (Republic of Botswana) · be Батсва́на (Republic of Botswana) · wal Botiswaana (Republic of Botswana) · mi Poriwana (Republic of Botswana) · ru Ботсва́на (Republic of Botswana) · my ဘော့ဆွာနာ (Republic of Botswana) · hi बोत्सवाना (Republic of Botswana) · fr Botswana (Republic of Botswana) · sh Боцвана (Republic of Botswana) · su Botswana (Republic of Botswana) · yo Bọ̀tìsúwánà (Republic of Botswana) · pl Botswana (Republic of Botswana) · bg Ботсва́на (Republic of Botswana) · hu Botswana (Republic of Botswana) · pt Botsuana (Republic of Botswana) · uz Botsvana (Republic of Botswana) · sh Bocvana (Republic of Botswana) · ka ბოტსვანა (Republic of Botswana) · no Botswana (Republic of Botswana) · fi Botswana (Republic of Botswana) · ta போட்ஸ்வானா (Republic of Botswana) · ro Botswana (Republic of Botswana) · mer Botswana (Republic of Botswana) · az Botsvana (Republic of Botswana) · luy Botswana (Republic of Botswana) · sk Botswana (Republic of Botswana) · luo Botswana (Republic of Botswana) · br Botswana (Republic of Botswana) · ja ボツワナ (Republic of Botswana) · cmn 博茨瓦納 /博茨瓦纳 (Republic of Botswana) · fa بوتسوانا (Republic of Botswana) · ug بوتسۋانا (Republic of Botswana) · aii ܒܘܿܬܨܘܵܢܵܐ (Republic of Botswana) · eo Bocvano (Republic of Botswana) · hy Բոտսվանա (Republic of Botswana) · el Μποτσουάνα (Republic of Botswana) · nv Halchíítah Naakaii Łizhiní Bikéyah (Republic of Botswana) · jv Botswana (Republic of Botswana) · uk Ботсва́на (Republic of Botswana) · et Botswana (Republic of Botswana) · mt il-Botswana (Republic of Botswana) · chr ᏆᏣᏩᎾ (Republic of Botswana) · ia Botswana (Republic of Botswana) · da Botswana (Republic of Botswana)