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KHOISAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A family of languages spoken in southern Africa
Synonyms:
Khoisan; Khoisan language
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Khoisan" is a kind of...):
natural language; tongue (a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Khoisan"):
Hottentot; Khoikhoi; Khoikhoin (any of the Khoisan languages spoken by the pastoral people of Namibia and South Africa)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Nomadic hunters and gatherers who live in southern Africa
Synonyms:
Bushman; Khoisan
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Khoisan" is a kind of...):
nomad (a member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons)
