Meanings
nounAmakosa (plural Amakosas or Amakosa)
plural Amakosas
- archaicA member of the Xhosa people.
[A]s, for instance, at the present day we find the Amakosa and Amatembu branches perfectly distinct from that of the Mambookie.
1836, Robert Godlonton, Introductory Remarks to a Narrative of the Irruption of the Kafir Hordes Into the Eastern Province of the Cape of Good Hope, A.D. 1834-35, Meurant and Godlonton, page 2111 more example
This gentleman, in relating the causes of the invasion, states that the Caffres are divided into three great nations — the Amakosas, the Tambookies, and the Amapondas; […]
1837, The Asiatic Journal, page 181
Origin
- XhosaamaXhosa
- EnglishAmakosa
Borrowed from Xhosa amaXhosa.
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