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Xhosa

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Noun

1. xhosa

a member of the Negroid people of southern South Africa

2. xhosa

a community of Negroid people in southern South Africa

3. xhosa

a Bantu language closely related to Zulu

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Xhosa

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noun
1. plural -sa or -sas
a member of a cattle-rearing people of southern Africa, living chiefly in South Africa
2. 
the language of this people, belonging to the Bantu group of the Niger-Congo family: one of the Nguni languages, closely related to Swazi and Zulu and characterized by several clicks in its sound system

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Xhosa

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noun
1. Word forms: plural ˈXhosas or ˈXhosa
a member of a people living mainly in S South Africa
2. 
the Bantu language of this people, closely related to Zulu
adjective
3. 
of the Xhosas or their language or culture

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Xhosa

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n. pl. Xhosa or Xho·sas also Xosa or Xo·sas
1. A member of a Bantu people inhabiting the eastern part of Cape Province, South Africa.
2. The Nguni language of this people, closely related to Zulu.

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