单词 | ovaherero |
释义 | Ovahereron. With plural agreement. The Herero-speaking people living in Namibia, Botswana, and Angola, or those of a subgroup in Central Namibia and Botswana, collectively. Cf. Herero n. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of Southern Africa > [noun] > other peoples of Southern Africa Zimba1625 Tambouki1786 Hottentot1795 Morolong1815 Oorlam1815 Barolong1823 Tembu1827 Fingo1829 Ngwaketsea1832 Ovaherero1851 Lunda1857 Herero1862 Swazi1878 Magwamba1884 Khoisan1929 Rolong1937 1851 R. Baird Christian Retrospect & Reg. (ed. 3) ii. xix. 347 Our mission among the Ovaherero is on the brink of destruction. 1880 Encycl. Brit. XI. 731/2 110,000 are Herero (80,000 Ova Herero and 30,000 Ova-mbanderu). 1884 A. Lang Custom & Myth 20 The Ovahereroes in South Africa..appease with a black sheep the spirits of the departed. 1910 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 358/1 Herero or Ovaherero. 1929 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 39 172 Other pastoral people beside the Ova-Herero considered cattle-raiding the most pleasurable and profitable of sports. 1995 Internat. Jrnl. Afr. Hist. Stud. 28 690 One might..question Gordon's confidence in delimiting historically Bushman land from that of other indigenous groups, in particular the Ovaherero, in the light of evidence that the Kalahari had long been a zone of extensive interethnic interaction. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1851 |
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