Nama
Definition of Nama
Nama
orNamas
1 less commonly Naman \-ən\ : one of a Hottentot people of Great Namaqualand in South-West Africa
2 : a dialect of Hottentot
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Origin and Etymology of nama
New Latin, from Greek, stream; akin to Greek nan to flow — more at nourish
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