XHOSA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Xhosa mean? 

• XHOSA (noun)
  The noun XHOSA has 3 senses:

1. a member of the Negroid people of southern South Africa

2. a community of Negroid people in southern South Africa

3. a Bantu language closely related to Zulu

  Familiarity information: XHOSA used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• XHOSA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of the Negroid people of southern South Africa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Xhosa" is a kind of...):

African (a native or inhabitant of Africa)

Holonyms ("Xhosa" is a member of...):

Republic of South Africa; South Africa (a republic at the southernmost part of Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1910; first European settlers were Dutch (known as Boers))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A community of Negroid people in southern South Africa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Instance hypernyms:

community (a group of people living in a particular local area)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A Bantu language closely related to Zulu

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Xhosa" is a kind of...):

Nguni (a group of southern Bantu languages)