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HOTTENTOT

Dictionary entry overview: What does Hottentot mean?

• HOTTENTOT (noun)
The noun HOTTENTOT has 1 sense:

1. any of the Khoisan languages spoken by the pastoral people of Namibia and South Africa

Familiarity information: HOTTENTOT used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• HOTTENTOT (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Any of the Khoisan languages spoken by the pastoral people of Namibia and South Africa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Hottentot; Khoikhoi; Khoikhoin

Hypernyms ("Hottentot" is a kind of...):

Khoisan; Khoisan language (a family of languages spoken in southern Africa)

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