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Borrowed from Afrikaans/Dutch Windhoek, from wind (wind) +‎ hoek (corner, angle).

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Windhoek

  1. A city, the capital city of Namibia.

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Afrikaans

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From wind (wind) +‎ hoek (corner, angle).

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Windhoek

  1. Windhoek (a city, the capital city of Namibia)

Czech

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Windhoek m inan (related adjective windhoecký)

  1. Windhoek (a city, the capital city of Namibia)

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  • Windhoek”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Dutch

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From wind (wind) +‎ hoek (corner, angle).

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Windhoek n

  1. Windhoek (a city, the capital city of Namibia)

Portuguese

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Unadapted borrowing from Afrikaans and Dutch Windhoek, from wind (wind) +‎ hoek (corner, angle).

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Windhoek

  1. Windhoek (a city, the capital city of Namibia)

Slovak

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Windhoek m inan (genitive singular Windhoeku)

  1. Windhoek (the capital of Namibia)

References

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  • Windhoek”, 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, 2024

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Windhoek f

  1. Windhoek (a city, the capital city of Namibia)

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