herero

Noun
  1. A member of a pastoral Bantu people living in Namibia, Botswana, and Angola (synset 109712311)
    is a type of: bantu - a member of any of a large number of linguistically related peoples of Central and South Africa
    belongs to:
    • namibia, republic of namibia, south west africa - a republic in southwestern Africa on the south Atlantic coast (formerly called South West Africa); achieved independence from South Africa in 1990; the greater part of Namibia forms part of the high Namibian plateau of South Africa
    • angola, republic of angola - a republic in southwestern Africa on the Atlantic Ocean; achieved independence from Portugal in 1975 and was the scene of civil war until 1990
    • botswana, republic of botswana - a landlocked republic in south-central Africa that became independent from British control in the 1960s
  2. A Banto language spoken by the Herero in Namibia, Botswana, and Angola (synset 107005885)
    is a type of: bantoid language, bantu - a family of languages widely spoken in the southern half of the African continent

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