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NAMIBIAN

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Namibia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Namibian" is a kind of...):

African (a native or inhabitant of Africa)

Holonyms ("Namibian" is a member of...):

Namibia; Republic of Namibia; South West Africa (a republic in southwestern Africa on the south Atlantic coast (formerly called South West Africa); achieved independence from South Africa in 1990; the greater part of Namibia forms part of the high Namibian plateau of South Africa)

Derivation:

Namibian (of or relating to Namibia or its people)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to Namibia or its people

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Namibia (a republic in southwestern Africa on the south Atlantic coast (formerly called South West Africa); achieved independence from South Africa in 1990; the greater part of Namibia forms part of the high Namibian plateau of South Africa)

Derivation:

Namibia (a republic in southwestern Africa on the south Atlantic coast (formerly called South West Africa); achieved independence from South Africa in 1990; the greater part of Namibia forms part of the high Namibian plateau of South Africa)

Namibian (a native or inhabitant of Namibia)

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