Botswana

See also: botswana

English

Etymology

From Tswana Botswana, from bo- + Tswana.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /bɒtˈswɑːnə/
  • (file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /bɑːtˈswɑːnə/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːnə

Proper noun

Botswana

  1. A country in Southern Africa
    1. Bechuanaland, fully the Bechuanaland Protectorate, a colony of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1966
    2. The Republic of Botswana, since 1966

Holonyms

Translations

See also

Further reading

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Botswana

  1. Botswana (a country in Africa)

Breton

Proper noun

Botswana

  1. Botswana (a country in Africa)

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic) IPA(key): /botˈswa.nə/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /butˈswa.nə/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /botˈswa.na/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Botswana f

  1. Botswana (a country in Africa)

Derived terms

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbot͡svana]
  • (file)

Proper noun

Botswana f (related adjective botswanský)

  1. Botswana (a country in Africa; capital: Gaborone)

Declension

See also

  • Bečuánsko

Further reading

  • Botswana in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
  • Botswana in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • Botswana in Internetová jazyková příručka

Danish

Proper noun

Botswana

  1. Botswana (a country in Africa)

Dutch

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌbɔtsˈʋaː.naː/, /ˌbɔtˈsʋaː.naː/, /ˌbɔˈtsʋaː.naː/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: Bots‧wa‧na

Proper noun

Botswana n

  1. Botswana (a country in Africa) [from 1960s]

Derived terms

Estonian

Proper noun

Botswana

  1. Botswana (a country in Africa)

Finnish

Etymology

From Tswana Botswana.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbotswɑnɑ/, [ˈbo̞ts̠wɑnɑ]
  • Rhymes: -otswɑnɑ
  • Syllabification(key): Bots‧wa‧na

Proper noun

Botswana

  1. Botswana (a country in Africa)

Declension

Inflection of Botswana (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative Botswana
genitive Botswanan
partitive Botswanaa
illative Botswanaan
singular plural
nominative Botswana
accusative nom. Botswana
gen. Botswanan
genitive Botswanan
partitive Botswanaa
inessive Botswanassa
elative Botswanasta
illative Botswanaan
adessive Botswanalla
ablative Botswanalta
allative Botswanalle
essive Botswanana
translative Botswanaksi
instructive
abessive Botswanatta
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Botswana (type kulkija)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Botswanani
accusative nom. Botswanani
gen. Botswanani
genitive Botswanani
partitive Botswanaani
inessive Botswanassani
elative Botswanastani
illative Botswanaani
adessive Botswanallani
ablative Botswanaltani
allative Botswanalleni
essive Botswananani
translative Botswanakseni
instructive
abessive Botswanattani
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Botswanasi
accusative nom. Botswanasi
gen. Botswanasi
genitive Botswanasi
partitive Botswanaasi
inessive Botswanassasi
elative Botswanastasi
illative Botswanaasi
adessive Botswanallasi
ablative Botswanaltasi
allative Botswanallesi
essive Botswananasi
translative Botswanaksesi
instructive
abessive Botswanattasi
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Botswanamme
accusative nom. Botswanamme
gen. Botswanamme
genitive Botswanamme
partitive Botswanaamme
inessive Botswanassamme
elative Botswanastamme
illative Botswanaamme
adessive Botswanallamme
ablative Botswanaltamme
allative Botswanallemme
essive Botswananamme
translative Botswanaksemme
instructive
abessive Botswanattamme
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Botswananne
accusative nom. Botswananne
gen. Botswananne
genitive Botswananne
partitive Botswanaanne
inessive Botswanassanne
elative Botswanastanne
illative Botswanaanne
adessive Botswanallanne
ablative Botswanaltanne
allative Botswanallenne
essive Botswanananne
translative Botswanaksenne
instructive
abessive Botswanattanne
comitative
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Botswanansa
accusative nom. Botswanansa
gen. Botswanansa
genitive Botswanansa
partitive Botswanaansa
inessive Botswanassaan
Botswanassansa
elative Botswanastaan
Botswanastansa
illative Botswanaansa
adessive Botswanallaan
Botswanallansa
ablative Botswanaltaan
Botswanaltansa
allative Botswanalleen
Botswanallensa
essive Botswananaan
Botswananansa
translative Botswanakseen
Botswanaksensa
instructive
abessive Botswanattaan
Botswanattansa
comitative

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɔt.swa.na/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Botswana m

  1. Botswana (a country in Africa)

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɔtsˈvaːna/, /boˈtsvaːna/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Botswana n (proper noun, strong, genitive Botswanas)

  1. Botswana

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbot͡svaːnɒ]
  • Hyphenation: Bots‧wa‧na
  • Rhymes: -nɒ

Proper noun

Botswana

  1. Botswana (a country in Africa)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative Botswana
accusative Botswanát
dative Botswanának
instrumental Botswanával
causal-final Botswanáért
translative Botswanává
terminative Botswanáig
essive-formal Botswanaként
essive-modal
inessive Botswanában
superessive Botswanán
adessive Botswanánál
illative Botswanába
sublative Botswanára
allative Botswanához
elative Botswanából
delative Botswanáról
ablative Botswanától
non-attributive
possessive - singular
Botswanáé
non-attributive
possessive - plural
Botswanáéi
Possessive forms of Botswana
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Botswanám
2nd person sing. Botswanád
3rd person sing. Botswanája
1st person plural Botswanánk
2nd person plural Botswanátok
3rd person plural Botswanájuk

Interlingua

Proper noun

Botswana

  1. Botswana (a country in Africa)

Italian

Proper noun

Botswana m

  1. Botswana (a country in Africa)

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Botswana

  1. Botswana (a country in Africa)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Botswana

  1. Botswana (a country in Africa)

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɔt͡sˈfa.na/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ana
  • Syllabification: Bots‧wa‧na

Proper noun

Botswana f

  1. Botswana (a country in Africa)

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
nouns

Further reading

  • Botswana in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Botswana in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Botswana

  1. Botswana (a country in Africa)

Scots

Proper noun

Botswana

  1. Botswana (a country in Africa)

Slovak

Proper noun

Botswana f (genitive singular Botswany, declension pattern of žena)

  1. Botswana (a country in Africa)

References

  • Botswana in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Spanish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /botˈswana/ [bot̪ˈswa.na]
  • Rhymes: -ana

Proper noun

Botswana f

  1. Botswana (a country in Africa)

Derived terms

Swahili

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Botswana

  1. Botswana (a country in Africa)

See also

Swedish

Etymology

From Tswana Botswana, from bo- + Tswana.

Proper noun

Botswana n (genitive Botswanas)

  1. Botswana (a country in Africa)
  • botswansk (Botswanan, adjective)
  • botswanier c (Botswanan male)
  • botswanska c (Botswanan female)

Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish Botswana.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Bots‧wa‧na
  • IPA(key): /botsˈwana/, [botsˈwa.nɐ]

Proper noun

Botswana

  1. Botswana (a country in Africa)

Tswana

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bʊ.ˈt͡swa.na/

Proper noun

Botswana

  1. Botswana (a country in Africa)

Zulu

Etymology

From English Botswana, from bo- + Tswana.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɓôːt͡sʼʷaːna/

Proper noun

Botswana

  1. Botswana (a country in Africa).
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.