Bhaca

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A Nguni people of the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal provinces of South Africa who descend from the 17th–18th-century chief Zelemu of the Pongola valley.
  2. The Tekela language spoken natively by the Bhaca, traditionally considered a dialect of Swazi.
noun
  1. Any member of the Bhaca people.

Word forms

Bhaca Bhacas

Etymology

From -Bhaca, the common element of the Bhaca amaBhaca, iBhaca, isiBhaca, and KwaBhaca.

Synonyms

AbakwaZelemu the Zelemus IsiBhaca iBhaca

Related words

KwaBhaca Wiktionary’s coverage of Bhaca terms
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