English Explanatory Dictionary

Kgalagadi

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/ˌxalaˈxɑːdi/

Word forms

Kgalagadi

Etymology

Etymology tree Tswana kgala Tswana -gadi Tswana Kgalagadiubor. English Kgalagadi Unadapted borrowing from Tswana Kgalagadi (literally “a large, dry area”), from kgala (“become dry”) + -gadi (“large”). Doublet of Kalahari.

Synonyms

Bakgalagadi Bakalahadi Bakalahari Bakgalagalis

Related words

Kalahari Kgalakgari
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