Botswana

See also: botswana

English

Botswana

Etymology

From Tswana Botswana, from bo- +‎ Tswana, of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /bɒtˈswɑːnə/

• Audio (UK):

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• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /bɑːtˈswɑːnə/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːnə

Proper noun

Botswana

2. A country in Southern Africa. Capital: Gaborone.
   1. Bechuanaland, fully the Bechuanaland Protectorate, a colony of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1966
   2. The Republic of Botswana, since 1966

Holonyms

• Subsahara

Translations

Republic of Botswana

• Afrikaans: Botswana (af)
• Amharic: ቦትስዋና (botsəwana)
• Arabic: بُتْسْوَانَا f (butswānā), بُوتْسْوَانَا f (būtswānā)
• Armenian: Բոտսվանա (hy) (Botsvana)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܘܿܬܨܘܵܢܵܐ f (bōtṣwānā)
• Asturian: Botsuana (ast)
• Azerbaijani: Botsvana (az)
• Belarusian: Батсва́на f (Batsvána)
• Bengali: বতসোয়ানা (bn) (botśōẇana)
• Breton: Botswana
• Bulgarian: Ботсва́на f (Botsvána)
• Burmese: ဘော့ဆွာနာ (bhau.hcwana)
• Catalan: Botswana (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 博茨瓦納 / 博茨瓦纳 (zh) (Bócíwǎnà), 波札那 (zh) (Bōzhánà)

• Czech: Botswana (cs) f
• Danish: Botswana
• Dutch: Botswana (nl) n
• Esperanto: Bocvano (eo)
• Estonian: Botswana (et)
• Faroese: Botsvana n
• Finnish: Botswana (fi)
• French: Botswana (fr)
• Galician: Botsuana (gl), Botswana (gl)
• Georgian: ბოტსვანა (ka) (boṭsvana)
• German: Botsuana (de)
• Greek: Μποτσουάνα (el) f (Botsouána)
• Hausa: Baswana
• Hebrew: בוצוונה (botswana)
• Hindi: बोत्सवाना (hi) (botsavānā)
• Hungarian: Botswana (hu)
• Interlingua: Botswana
• Irish: An Bhotsuáin f
• Italian: Botswana (it) m
• Japanese: ボツワナ (ja) (Botsuwana)
• Kazakh: Ботсвана (kk) (Botsvana)
• Khmer: បុតស្វាណា (km) (botsvaanaa)
• Kikuyu: Botswana
• Korean: 보츠와나 (ko) (Bocheuwana)
• Lao: ບົດສະວານາ (bot sa wā nā)
• Latvian: Botsvana f
• Lithuanian: Botsvana (lt) f
• Luhya: Botswana
• Luo: Botswana
• Macedonian: Боцва́на (mk) f (Bocvána)
• Malagasy: Botsoana
• Maltese: il-Botswana
• Maori: Poriwana, Potiwana
• Meru: Botswana
• Navajo: Halchíítah Naakaii Łizhiní Bikéyah
• Norman: Botswana
• Norwegian: Botswana (no)
• Polish: Botswana (pl) f
• Portuguese: Botsuana (pt) m
• Romanian: Botswana (ro) f
• Russian: Ботсва́на (ru) f (Botsvána)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Боцвана f

  Roman: Bocvana (sh) f

• Sicilian: Botsuana f
• Slovak: Botswana (sk) f
• Slovene: Bocvana f
• Spanish: Botsuana (es) f
• Swahili: Botswana (sw)
• Swedish: Botswana (sv) n
• Tagalog: Botswana (tl)
• Thai: บอตสวานา (th) (bɔ́ɔt-sà-waa-nâa)
• Turkish: Botsvana (tr)
• Ukrainian: Ботсва́на (uk) f (Botsvána)
• Uyghur: بوتسۋانا (botswana)
• Uzbek: Botsvana (uz)
• Vietnamese: Bốt-xoa-na
• Yoruba: Bọ̀tìsúwánà

See also

• Gaborone
• Countries of the world

countries in Africa (appendix)edit

• Algeria
• Angola
• Benin
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Cabo Verde
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Comoros
• Côte d'Ivoire, Ivory Coast
• Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Djibouti
• Egypt
• Equatorial Guinea
• Eritrea
• Eswatini ~ eSwatini, Swaziland
• Ethiopia
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Kenya
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libya
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Mali
• Mauritania
• Mauritius
• Morocco
• Mozambique
• Namibia
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Republic of the Congo
• Rwanda
• São Tomé and Príncipe
• Senegal
• Seychelles
• Sierra Leone
• Somalia
• South Africa
• South Sudan
• Sudan
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Tunisia
• Uganda
• Western Sahara
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Further reading

• Botswana on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• swan boat

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Botswana

1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa; capital: Gaborone)

Breton

Proper noun

Botswana

1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [butsˈwa.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [botsˈwa.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [botsˈwa.na]

• Audio (Valencia):

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Proper noun

Botswana f

1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

Derived terms

• botswanès

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbot͡svana]

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Botswana f (relational adjective botswanský, demonym Botswaňan or Botswanec, female demonym Botswaňanka or Botswanka)

1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

Declension

Declension of Botswana (sg-only hard feminine)

	singular
nominative	Botswana
genitive	Botswany
dative	Botswaně
accusative	Botswanu
vocative	Botswano
locative	Botswaně
instrumental	Botswanou

See also

• Bečuánsko

Further reading

• “Botswana”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “Botswana”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “Botswana”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Danish

Proper noun

Botswana

1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

Derived terms

• botswaner
• botswansk

Dutch

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbɔtsˈʋaː.naː/, /ˌbɔtˈsʋaː.naː/, /ˌbɔˈtsʋaː.naː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Bots‧wa‧na

Proper noun

Botswana n

1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa) [from 1960s]

Derived terms

• Botswaan

Estonian

Proper noun

Botswana

1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

Finnish

Etymology

From Tswana Botswana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbotswɑnɑ/, [ˈbo̞t.s̠wɑ̝nɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -otswɑnɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Bots‧wa‧na
• Hyphenation^(key): Bots‧wa‧na

Proper noun

Botswana

1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

Declension

Inflection of Botswana (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		Botswana	—
genitive		Botswanan	—
partitive		Botswanaa	—
illative		Botswanaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Botswana	—
accusative	nom.	Botswana	—
	gen.	Botswanan
genitive		Botswanan	—
partitive		Botswanaa	—
inessive		Botswanassa	—
elative		Botswanasta	—
illative		Botswanaan	—
adessive		Botswanalla	—
ablative		Botswanalta	—
allative		Botswanalle	—
essive		Botswanana	—
translative		Botswanaksi	—
abessive		Botswanatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Botswana (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Botswanani — accusative nom. Botswanani — gen. Botswanani genitive Botswanani — partitive Botswanaani — inessive Botswanassani — elative Botswanastani — illative Botswanaani — adessive Botswanallani — ablative Botswanaltani — allative Botswanalleni — essive Botswananani — translative Botswanakseni — abessive Botswanattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Botswanasi — accusative nom. Botswanasi — gen. Botswanasi genitive Botswanasi — partitive Botswanaasi — inessive Botswanassasi — elative Botswanastasi — illative Botswanaasi — adessive Botswanallasi — ablative Botswanaltasi — allative Botswanallesi — essive Botswananasi — translative Botswanaksesi — abessive Botswanattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Botswanamme — accusative nom. Botswanamme — gen. Botswanamme genitive Botswanamme — partitive Botswanaamme — inessive Botswanassamme — elative Botswanastamme — illative Botswanaamme — adessive Botswanallamme — ablative Botswanaltamme — allative Botswanallemme — essive Botswananamme — translative Botswanaksemme — abessive Botswanattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Botswananne — accusative nom. Botswananne — gen. Botswananne genitive Botswananne — partitive Botswanaanne — inessive Botswanassanne — elative Botswanastanne — illative Botswanaanne — adessive Botswanallanne — ablative Botswanaltanne — allative Botswanallenne — essive Botswanananne — translative Botswanaksenne — abessive Botswanattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Botswanansa — accusative nom. Botswanansa — gen. Botswanansa genitive Botswanansa — partitive Botswanaansa — inessive Botswanassaan Botswanassansa — elative Botswanastaan Botswanastansa — illative Botswanaansa — adessive Botswanallaan Botswanallansa — ablative Botswanaltaan Botswanaltansa — allative Botswanalleen Botswanallensa — essive Botswananaan Botswananansa — translative Botswanakseen Botswanaksensa — abessive Botswanattaan Botswanattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• botswanalainen

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔt.swa.na/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Botswana m

1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔtsˈvaːna/, /boˈtsvaːna/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Botswana n (proper noun, strong, genitive Botswanas)

1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

See also

countries in Africa: Staaten Afrikas (appendix)edit

• Ägypten
• Algerien
• Angola
• Äquatorialguinea
• Äthiopien
• Benin
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Demokratische Republik Kongo
• Dschibuti
• Elfenbeinküste
• Eritrea
• Eswatini
• Gabun
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Kamerun
• Kap Verde
• Kenia
• Komoren
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libyen
• Madagaskar
• Malawi
• Mali
• Marokko
• Mauretanien
• Mauritius
• Mosambik
• Namibia
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Republik Kongo
• Ruanda
• Sambia
• Senegal
• Seychellen
• Sierra Leone
• Simbabwe
• Somalia
• Südafrika
• Sudan
• Südsudan
• São Tomé und Príncipe
• Tansania
• Togo
• Tschad
• Tunesien
• Uganda
• Zentralafrikanische Republik

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbot͡svaːnɒ]
• Hyphenation: Bots‧wa‧na
• Rhymes: -nɒ

Proper noun

Botswana

1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa; official name: Botswanai Köztársaság)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	Botswana	—
accusative	Botswanát	—
dative	Botswanának	—
instrumental	Botswanával	—
causal-final	Botswanáért	—
translative	Botswanává	—
terminative	Botswanáig	—
essive-formal	Botswanaként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Botswanában	—
superessive	Botswanán	—
adessive	Botswanánál	—
illative	Botswanába	—
sublative	Botswanára	—
allative	Botswanához	—
elative	Botswanából	—
delative	Botswanáról	—
ablative	Botswanától	—
non-attributive possessive – singular	Botswanáé	—
non-attributive possessive – plural	Botswanáéi	—

Possessive forms of Botswana

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Botswanám	—
2nd person sing.	Botswanád	—
3rd person sing.	Botswanája	—
1st person plural	Botswanánk	—
2nd person plural	Botswanátok	—
3rd person plural	Botswanájuk	—

Derived terms

• botswanai

See also

countries in Africa: Afrika országai (appendix)edit

• Algéria
• Angola
• Benin
• Bissau-Guinea
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Comore-szigetek
• Csád
• Dél-afrikai Köztársaság
• Dél-Szudán
• Dzsibuti
• Egyenlítői-Guinea
• Egyiptom
• Elefántcsontpart
• Eritrea
• Etiópia
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Ghána
• Guinea
• Kamerun
• Kenya
• Kongói Demokratikus Köztársaság
• Kongói Köztársaság
• Közép-afrikai Köztársaság
• Lesotho
• Libéria
• Líbia
• Madagaszkár
• Malawi
• Mali
• Marokkó
• Mauritánia
• Mauritius
• Mozambik
• Namíbia
• Niger
• Nigéria
• Ruanda
• Seychelle-szigetek
• Sierra Leone
• São Tomé és Príncipe
• Szenegál
• Szomália
• Szudán
• Szváziföld
• Tanzánia
• Togo
• Tunézia
• Uganda
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe
• Zöld-foki Köztársaság

Interlingua

Proper noun

Botswana

1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

Italian

Proper noun

Botswana m

1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

Derived terms

• botswaniano

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Botswana

1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

Related terms

• botswaner
• botswansk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Botswana

1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

Related terms

• botswan, botswanar
• botswansk

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔˈt͡sfa.na/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: Bots‧wa‧na

Proper noun

Botswana f (related adjective botswański)

1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

Declension

Declension of Botswana

	singular
nominative	Botswana
genitive	Botswany
dative	Botswanie
accusative	Botswanę
instrumental	Botswaną
locative	Botswanie
vocative	Botswano

Derived terms

nouns

• Botswanka
• Botswańczyk

See also

countries in Africa: państwa Afryki (appendix)edit

• Algieria
• Angola
• Benin
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Czad
• Demokratyczna Republika Konga
• Dżibuti
• Egipt
• Erytrea
• Eswatini
• Etiopia
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Gwinea
• Gwinea Bissau
• Gwinea Równikowa
• Kamerun
• Kenia
• Komory
• Kongo
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libia
• Madagaskar
• Malawi
• Mali
• Maroko
• Mauretania
• Mauritius
• Mozambik
• Namibia
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Południowa Afryka
• Republika Środkowoafrykańska
• Republika Zielonego Przylądka
• Rwanda
• Sahara Zachodnia
• Senegal
• Seszele
• Sierra Leone
• Somalia
• Sudan
• Sudan Południowy
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Tunezja
• Uganda
• Wybrzeże Kości Słoniowej
• Wyspy Świętego Tomasza i Książęca
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Further reading

• Botswana in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Botswana

1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

Scots

Proper noun

Botswana

1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

Slovak

Proper noun

Botswana f (genitive singular Botswany, declension pattern of žena)

1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

References

• “Botswana”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Spanish

Alternative forms

• Botsuana

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /botˈswana/ [bot̪ˈswa.na]
• Rhymes: -ana

Proper noun

Botswana f

1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

Derived terms

• botswanés

Related terms

• botsuana
• botsuano

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Proper noun

Botswana

1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

See also

countries in Africa: nchi za Afrika (appendix)edit

• Afrika Kusini
• Algeria ~ Aljeria
• Angola
• Benin
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Cabo Verde
• Chad ~ Chadi
• Cote d'Ivoire ~ Kodivaa
• Eritrea
• Ethiopia, Uhabeshi ~ Habeshi
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea Bisau ~ Guinea-Bisau ~ Ginebisau
• Guinea ya Ikweta ~ Ginekweta
• Guinea ~ Gine ~ Gini
• Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati
• Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo, Kongo-Kinshasa
• Jamhuri ya Kongo, Kongo-Brazzaville
• Jibuti ~ Djibouti
• Kamerun ~ Cameroon ~ Kameruni
• Kenya
• Komori, Visiwa vya Ngazija
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libya
• Madagaska, Bukini
• Malawi, Unyasa
• Mali
• Mauritania
• Mayotte
• Misri, Umisri
• Morisi
• Moroko ~ Maroko
• Msumbiji, Mozambik
• Mtakatifu Helena
• Namibia
• Niger ~ Nijeri
• Nigeria ~ Nijeria ~ Naijeria
• Rwanda ~ Ruanda
• Réunion
• Sahara ya Magharibi
• Sao Tome na Principe
• Senegal ~ Senegali
• Shelisheli
• Sierra Leone
• Somalia
• Sudan
• Sudan Kusini
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Tunisia
• Uganda
• Uswazi, Swaziland
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Swedish

Etymology

From Tswana Botswana, from bo- +‎ Tswana.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Botswana n (genitive Botswanas)

1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

Related terms

• botswansk (“Botswanan”, adjective)
• botswanier c (“Botswanan male”)
• botswanska c (“Botswanan female”)

References

• Botswana in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• Svensk MeSH

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Botswana, from Tswana Botswana.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /botˈswana/ [bot̪ˈswaː.n̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: Bot‧swa‧na

Proper noun

Botswana (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜆ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜏᜈ)

1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

Tswana

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʊ.ˈt͡swa.na/

Proper noun

Botswana

1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

Welsh

Etymology

From English Botswana, from Tswana Botswana.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /bɔtsˈwana/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /bɔtsˈwa(ː)na/

Proper noun

Botswana f

1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

Derived terms

• Botswanaidd (“Botswanan”, adjective)
• Botswaniad (“Botswanan (man/woman)”)
• Gweriniaeth Botswana (“Republic of Botswana”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Botswana

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
Botswana	Fotswana	Motswana	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

See also

countries in Africa: gwledydd Affrica (appendix)edit

• Angola
• Algeria
• Benin
• Botswana
• Bwrcina Ffaso
• Bwrwndi
• Cabo Verde
• Camerŵn
• Cenia
• De Affrica
• De Swdan
• Eritrea
• Eswatini
• Ethiopia
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Gini
• Gini Bisaw
• Gini Gyhydeddol
• Gorllewin Sahara
• Gweriniaeth Canolbarth Affrica
• Gweriniaeth Ddemocrataidd y Congo
• Gweriniaeth y Congo
• Jibwti
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libia
• Madagasgar
• Malawi
• Mali
• Mawrisiws
• Mawritania
• Moroco
• Mosambic
• Namibia
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Rwanda
• Sambia
• Senegal
• Sierra Leone
• Simbabwe
• Somalia
• Swdan
• São Tomé a Príncipe
• Tansania
• Tiwnisia
• Togo
• Tsiad
• Wganda
• y Comoros
• y Seychelles
• y Traeth Ifori
• yr Aifft

Zulu

Etymology

From English Botswana, from bo- +‎ Tswana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɓôːt͡sʼʷaːna/

Proper noun

Botswana

1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)