Meanings
nounTswana pl (plural only)
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA Bantu people living in Botswana and South Africa.
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proper nounThe Bantu language of these people; Setswana.
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More synonyms by meaning
nouna member of a Bantu people living chiefly in Botswana and western South Africa
Broader
nounthe dialect of Sotho spoken by the Tswana in Botswana
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Afrikaans Tswana
- Tswanalanguage
Chinese Mandarin 茨瓦納人 /茨瓦纳人, 茨瓦納語 /茨瓦纳语
- 茨瓦納人 /茨瓦纳人 (Cíwǎnàrén)people
- 茨瓦納語 /茨瓦纳语 (Cíwǎnàyǔ)language
Dutch Tswana
- Tswanalanguage
Finnish tswanat, tswana
- tswanatpeople
- tswanalanguage
Greek τσουάνα
- τσουάνα (tsouána)language
Romanian tswana, tswana
- tswanapeople
- tswanalanguage
Russian тсвана, тсвана
- тсвана (tsvana)people
- тсвана (tsvana)language
Swahili Kitswana
- Kitswanalanguage
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Tswana
MontanaBotswanaghanaanadanaGuyananirvanaAmericanamanananaTijuanaiguanacabanapranaTiranaarcanakanaohanayanaAfricanabrewerianaDisneyanakatakanaliana
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Cite this entry
APA
Tswana. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tswana
MLA
“Tswana.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tswana. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Tswana,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tswana.
Source: Tswana on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.