Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A member of a pastoral people inhabiting Namibia and Botswana.
  • noun The Bantu language of this people.

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  • proper noun A people belonging to the Bantu group, with about 240,000 members today mostly in Namibia, Angola, and Botswana.
  • proper noun A person belonging to Herero people.
  • proper noun The language of Herero people.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a Banto language spoken by the Herero in Namibia, Botswana, and Angola
  • noun a member of a pastoral Bantu people living in Namibia, Botswana, and Angola

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Examples

  • The anti-colonial struggles of 1904 - 08 were characterised by what have traditionally been referred to as the Herero and Nama uprisings.

    Archive 2004-11-01 2004

  • Schier's artisan makers are 12 Damara and Herero gentlemen, who craft each Vellie from velskoen or "field" shoe by hand from culled Kudo leather.

    Tamsin Smith: Walk This Way Tamsin Smith 2011

  • Schier's artisan makers are 12 Damara and Herero gentlemen, who craft each Vellie from velskoen or "field" shoe by hand from culled Kudo leather.

    Tamsin Smith: Walk This Way Tamsin Smith 2011

  • There are a number of tribes in this region, but three of them in particular wear very, very unique clothing (the Himba, the Thimba, and the Herero)

    Archive 2008-11-01 jen 2008

  • There are a number of tribes in this region, but three of them in particular wear very, very unique clothing (the Himba, the Thimba, and the Herero)

    Opuwo and my Himba friends jen 2008

  • Languages: English 7% (official), Afrikaans common language of most of the population and about 60% of the white population, German 32%, indigenous languages 1% (includes Oshivambo, Herero, Nama)

    Namibia 2009

  • Genocide was ordered against the Herero tribe of South Africa in 1904.

    The Hypocrisy of Dallin H. Oaks. | Mind on Fire 2009

  • Namibiablack 87.5%, white 6%, mixed 6.5% note: about 50% of the population belong to the Ovambo tribe and 9% to the Kavangos tribe; other ethnic groups includes Herero 7%, Damara 7%, Nama 5%, Caprivian 4%, Bushmen 3%, Baster 2%, Tswana 0.5%

    Ethnic groups 2008

  • Ethnic groups: black 87.5%, white 6%, mixed 6.5% note: about 50% of the population belong to the Ovambo tribe and 9% to the Kavangos tribe; other ethnic groups includes Herero 7%, Damara 7%, Nama 5%, Caprivian 4%, Bushmen 3%, Baster 2%, Tswana 0.5%

    Namibia 2008

  • Languages: English 7% (official), Afrikaans common language of most of the population and about 60% of the white population, German 32%, indigenous languages 1% (includes Oshivambo, Herero, Nama)

    Namibia 2008

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