Etymology

Kgalagadi

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Today it means: A member of a Tswana people chiefly living in the Kalahari Desert. Full definition →

Tswana Kgalagadi
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  1. Tswanakgala
  2. TswanaKgalagadi
  3. English todayKgalagadi

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

Words from the same roots

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Kalahari

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