batswana

Questions about batswana

What does batswana mean?

batswana means "a member of a Bantu people living chiefly in Botswana and western South Africa".

How many syllables are in batswana?

batswana has 3 syllables and divides as bat-swa-na under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for batswana?

Close synonyms include Tswana, Bechuana. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is batswana a common word?

batswana is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.