Meanings
- A language spoken widely in Southern Africa, mainly in Botswana and South Africa in the Northern Cape, the central and western Free State and in the North West province, and also, to a lesser extent, in Namibia, also known as Tswana.
Synonyms: Tswana
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA language spoken widely in Southern Africa, mainly in Botswana and South Africa in the Northern Cape, the central and western Free State and in the North West province, and also, to a lesser extent, in Namibia, also known as Tswana.
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nounthe dialect of Sotho spoken by the Tswana in Botswana
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Origin
- TswanaSetswana
- TswanaSetswana
- EnglishSetswana
Borrowed from Tswana Setswana.
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Cite this entry
Setswana. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Setswana
“Setswana.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Setswana. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Setswana,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Setswana.
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