Botswana

专有名词
/bɒtˈswɑːnə/    /bɑːtˈswɑːnə/

英文释义

专有名词
  1. A country in Southern Africa. Capital: Gaborone.; Bechuanaland, fully the Bechuanaland Protectorate, a colony of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1966
  2. 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.
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