Botswana
专有名词
英 /bɒtˈswɑːnə/
美 /bɑːtˈswɑːnə/
英文释义
专有名词
- A country in Southern Africa. Capital: Gaborone.; Bechuanaland, fully the Bechuanaland Protectorate, a colony of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1966
-
A country in Southern Africa. Capital: Gaborone.; The Republic of Botswana, since 1966.
— After independence, Rhodesia changed its name to Zimbabwe, Nyasaland to Malawi, and Bechuanaland to Botswana.
词源
Etymology tree
Proto-Bantu *bʊ̀-
Tswana bo-
Tswana Tswana
Tswana Botswanabor.
English Botswana
Borrowed from Tswana Botswana, from bo- + Tswana,
of uncertain origin.
Proto-Bantu *bʊ̀-
Tswana bo-
Tswana Tswana
Tswana Botswanabor.
English Botswana
Borrowed from Tswana Botswana, from bo- + Tswana,
of uncertain origin.
1 次浏览
数据来源: Wiktionary