Botswaniann.adj.
/bɒtˈswɑːnɪən/, U.S. /ˌbɑtˈswɑniən/ A. n.
= Botswanan n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Africa > native or inhabitant of Southern Africa > [noun] > countries or regions
Angolan1600
Angola1653
Malay1765
South African1806
Ngwaketsea1832
bushboya1834
Kapenaar1834
Transkeian1847
bosch-man1849
Natalian1850
burgher1879
Transvaaler1887
veldman1895
Rhodesian1897
Vaalpens1899
backvelder1911
plattelander1934
southwester1960
Zimbabwean1961
Zambian1963
Botswanian1966
Botswanan1967
Namibian1968
Ciskeian1973
Sowetan1974
1966 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 25 Feb. 27/5 Clever those Botswanians.
1988 Newsday (Nexis) 28 Feb. (Ideas section) 7 What about the Peruvians, the Botswanians, the Swazis, the Indians Swaggart took the Lord's word to in the mountains of Chile?
2008 Portland (Maine) Press Herald (Nexis) 15 Nov. a5 The number of Botswanians getting jobs in the diamond industry has been very small.
B. adj.
= Botswanan adj.
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Africa > [adjective] > Southern Africa
Zambian1959
Zimbabwean1961
Botswanan1967
Botswanian1967
1967 Lawrence (Kansas) Daily Jrnl.-World 8 June 6/5 Once the Botswanian government learned of Baker [University]'s intentions ‘we've received a red carpet response,’..from President Khama.
1986 MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour (transcript of TV programme) (Nexis) 19 May The Botswanian government has been warned by my government that there would be attacks made on terrorists wherever they were found.
2013 Guelph (Ontario) Mercury (Nexis) 21 Dec. e10 We..prepared for a Botswanian feast of seswaa–beef stew served over thick pap, a type of maize porridge.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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n.adj.1966