Botswana

botswana English thumb|right|Botswana Etymology en :bor tn:Botswana 1 en tn Botswana, from tn bo- Tswana 1, of uncertain origin.en 2015-06-03 Isaac Schapera John L Comaroff The Tswana Routledge 9781317408147 3 It has been variously interpreted as meaning: (a) "the little offshoots" (from -tswa, "to go out, to come from), (b) "the separatists, or seceders" (from tswaana, "to separate from one another"), and (c) "those who are alike" (from -tshwaana, "to be alike"). None of these derivations is generally accepted; van Warmelo curtly dismisses them as "fruitless speculation". Pronunciation en /bɒtˈswɑːnə/ UK en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-Botswana.wav UK en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Botswana.wav Southern England en /bɑːtˈswɑːnə/ US en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-Botswana.wav US en ɑːnə 3 Proper noun en Q963en country r/Southern Africa Gaborone. en Bechuanaland, fully the Bechuanaland Protectorate, a colony of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1966 The Republic of Botswana, since 1966. en Bard Wilkinson Absolute monarch renames Swaziland ‘eSwatini’ w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/20/africa/swaziland-eswatini-africa-monarchy-intl 2018-04-20 After independence, Rhodesia changed its name to Zimbabwe, Nyasaland to Malawi, and Bechuanaland to Botswana. https://web.archive.org/web/20251007025205/https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/20/africa/swaziland-eswatini-africa-monarchy-intl/ 7 October 2025 en Nadine Schmidt, Sarah Dean and Ingrid Formanek Botswana threatens to send 20,000 elephants to Germany in trophy hunting dispute w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/03/africa/botswana-germany-trophy-hunting-scli-intl/index.html 2024-04-03 According to Masisi, Botswana has seen its elephant population grow to some 130,000. https://web.archive.org/web/20250818182947/https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/03/africa/botswana-germany-trophy-hunting-scli-intl/index.html 18 August 2025 Holonyms en Subsahara Derived terms en Botswanian Buttswana Translations Q963 Republic of Botswana Afrikaans: af Botswana Amharic: am ቦትስዋና Arabic: ar بُتْسْوَانَا f, ar بُوتْسْوَانَا f Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܒܘܿܬܨܘܵܢܵܐ f Armenian: hy Բոտսվանա Asturian: ast Botsuana Azerbaijani: az Botsvana Balinese: ban Botswana Belarusian: be Батсва́на f Bengali: bn বতসোয়ানা Betawi: bew Boswana Breton: br Botswana Bulgarian: bg Ботсва́на f Burmese: my ဘော့ဆွာနာ Catalan: ca Botswana f Cherokee: chr ᏆᏣᏩᎾ Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 博茨瓦納 Bócíwǎnà, cmn 波札那 Bōzhánà Crimean Tatar: crh Botsvana Czech: cs Botswana f Danish: da Botswana Dutch: nl Botswana n Esperanto: eo Bocvano Estonian: et Botswana Faroese: fo Botsvana n Finnish: fi Botswana French: fr Botswana Galician: gl Botsuana, gl Botswana Georgian: ka ბოტსვანა German: de Botsuana Greek: el Μποτσουάνα f Hausa: ha Baswana Hebrew: he בוצוונה botswana Hindi: hi बोत्सवाना Hungarian: hu Botswana Indonesian: id Botswana Interlingua: ia Botswana Irish: ga Botsuáin f An Bhotsuáin Italian: it Botswana m Japanese: ja ボツワナ Botsuwana Javanese: jv Botswana Kazakh: kk Ботсвана Khmer: km បុតស្វាណា Kikuyu: ki Botswana Korean: ko ^보츠와나 Lao: lo ບົດສະວານາ Latvian: lv Botsvana f Lithuanian: lt Botsvana f Luhya: luy Botswana Luo: luo Botswana Macedonian: mk Боцва́на f Malagasy: mg Botsoana Maltese: mt il-Botswana m Māori: mi Poriwana, mi Potiwana Meru: mer Botswana Navajo: nv Halchíítah Naakaii Łizhiní Bikéyah Norman: nrf Botswana Norwegian: no Botswana Persian: fa بوتسوانا Polish: pl Botswana f Portuguese: pt Botsuana m Romanian: ro Botswana f Russian: ru Ботсва́на f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Боцвана f Latin: sh Bocvana f Sicilian: scn Botsuana f Slovak: sk Botswana f Slovene: sl Bocvana f Spanish: es Botsuana f Sundanese: su Botswana Swahili: sw Botswana Swedish: sv Botswana n Tagalog: tl Botswana Tajik: tg Ботсвана Tamil: ta போட்ஸ்வானா, ta போட்சுவானா Thai: th บอตสวานา Turkish: tr Botsvana Ukrainian: uk Ботсва́на f Uyghur: ug بوتسۋانا Uzbek: uz Botsvana Vietnamese: vi Bốt-xoa-na Wolaytta: wal Botiswaana Yoruba: yo Bọ̀tìsúwánà See also en Gaborone Countries of the world References Further reading Anagrams en aabnostw swan boat Afrikaans af: Pronunciation af LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-Botswana.wav Proper noun af proper noun af Botswana Q963 af:Gaborone Breton Proper noun br proper noun br Botswana Q963 Catalan ca: Pronunciation ca LL-Q7026 (cat)-Millars-Botswana.wav Valencia Proper noun f ca Botswana Q963 Derived terms ca botswanès Czech cs: Pronunciation Bocvana cs Cs-Botswana.ogg Proper noun f botswanský Botswaňan,Botswanec Botswaňanka,Botswanka cs Botswana Q963 Declension f.sg See also cs Bečuánsko Further reading Danish Proper noun da Botswana Q963 Derived terms da botswaner da botswansk Dutch Etymology nl Pronunciation nl /ˌbɔtsˈʋaː.naː/ /ˌbɔtˈsʋaː.naː/ /ˌbɔˈtsʋaː.naː/ nl Nl-Botswana.ogg nl Bots wa na Proper noun n nl Botswana Q963 from 1960s Derived terms nl Botswaan Estonian Proper noun et proper noun et Botswana Q963 Finnish fi: Etymology From fi tn Botswana. Pronunciation bot#swana Proper noun fi Botswana Q963 Declension sg Botswan a Derived terms fi botswanalainen French Pronunciation fr Fr-Botswana.ogg fr LL-Q150 (fra)-GrandCelinien-Botswana.wav <<France>> (<<Paris>>) Proper noun m fr Botswana Q963 German Pronunciation de /bɔtsˈvaːna/ /boˈtsvaːna/ de De-Botswana.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun n de Botswana Q963 See also Hungarian hu: Pronunciation bocvána hu Bots wa na hu nɒ 3 Proper noun hu proper noun hu Botswana Q963 hu:Botswanai Köztársaság Declension Botswaná o sgBotswaná sg Derived terms hu botswanai See also Indonesian id: Etymology id :bor tn:Botswana id tn Botswana Pronunciation Proper noun id Botswana Q963 See also Further reading Interlingua Proper noun ia proper noun ia Botswana Q963 Italian it: Proper noun m it Botswana Q963 Derived terms it botswaniano Maltese mt: Proper noun proper noun m Il-Botswana mt Botswana Q963 mt:Repubblika tal-Botswana See also Norwegian Bokmål no thumb|The flag of Botswana. thumb|Botswana in Africa. thumb|The Okavango Delta in northern Botswana. Etymology nb, based on nb tn Botswana, the Setswana name of the country. The name is formed from tn bo- country or territory noun-class prefix and tn Tswana Tswana, and thus means approximately “country of the Tswana”. The further origin of tn Tswana is uncertain. Parallel international adaptations include nn Botswana, da Botswana, sv Botswana, de Botswana, nl Botswana and en Botswana. Pronunciation nb /¹bɔtˈsʋɑː.na/ [bɔt.sʋɑ̀ː.na] nb ɑːna 3 nb Bot swa na Proper noun nb proper noun Botswana; nb country cont/Africa, a landlocked country in Southern Africa, with Gaborone as its capital. nb Mange besøkende forbinder Botswana med Okavangodeltaet og et rikt dyreliv. Many visitors associate Botswana with the Okavango Delta and its rich wildlife. nb 25 June 2026 Mikal Hem and Elling Tjønneland Botswana Store norske leksikon https://snl.no/Botswana Botswana er en republikk i det sørlige Afrika som grenser til Sør-Afrika i sør, Namibia i vest og nord og Zimbabwe i øst. Botswana is a republic in Southern Africa bordering South Africa to the south, Namibia to the west and north, and Zimbabwe to the east. https://web.archive.org/web/20260806191919/https://snl.no/Botswana 6 August 2026 Usage notes The official Norwegian long-form name is Republikken Botswana (“the Republic of Botswana”). Related terms nb botswaner Botswanan, person from Botswana nb botswansk Botswanan See also References “Botswana” in Store norske leksikon. “Navn på stater” at Språkrådet. Norwegian Nynorsk nn: Proper noun nn proper noun nn Botswana Q963 Related terms nn botswan, nn botswanar nn botswansk Polish pl: Pronunciation Bocwana LL-Q809 (pol)-Olaf-Botswana.wav Bots.wa.na Proper noun f botswański pl Botswana Q963 Declension s Derived terms pl nouns Botswańczyk Botswanka See also Further reading Romanian Pronunciation ro LL-Q7913 (ron)-KlaudiuMihaila-Botswana.wav Proper noun ro proper noun ro Botswana Q963 Scots Proper noun sco proper noun sco Botswana Q963 Slovak sk: Proper noun f Botswany žena sk Botswana Q963 References Spanish es: Alternative forms es Botsuana Pronunciation botsuana Proper noun f es Botswana Q963 Derived terms es botswanés Related terms es botsuano botsuana Swahili sw: Pronunciation sw Sw-ke-Botswana.flac Kenya Proper noun sw proper noun sw Botswana Q963 See also Swedish sv: Etymology sv :bor tn:Botswana From sv tn Botswana, from tn bo Tswana 1. Pronunciation sv /bɔtˈsvɑːna/ sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Botswana.wav Proper noun n sv Botswana Q963 Related terms sv botswansk adjective Botswanan sv botswanier c Botswanan male sv botswanska c Botswanan female See also References saol Svensk MeSH Tagalog Etymology tl :bor es:Botswana<ety:der<tn:Botswana>> 1 ++ Pronunciation Bot.swana Proper noun + tl Botswana Q963 Tswana tn: Etymology tn :af bo- Tswana From tn bo- Tswana. Pronunciation tn /bʊ.ˈt͡swa.na/ tn ana 3 Proper noun tn proper noun tn Botswana Q963 Descendants en Botswana 1 Welsh cy: Etymology cy :bor en:Botswana From cy en Botswana, from cy tn Botswana. Pronunciation cy /bɔtsˈwana/ cy-N cy /bɔtsˈwa(ː)na/ cy-S Proper noun f cy Botswana Q963 Derived terms cy Botswanaidd adjective Botswanan cy Botswaniad Botswanan (man/woman) cy Gweriniaeth Botswana Republic of Botswana See also Mutation cy exonyms Zulu Etymology From zu tn Botswana, from tn bo Tswana 1. Pronunciation bôt͡sʼʷana Proper noun zu proper noun zu Botswana Q963