plural Tswana or Tswanas
1
: a member of a Bantu-speaking people of Botswana and the Republic of South Africa
2
: the language of the Tswana people

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Other depictions on the same rock facing near the dicynodont show Zulu and Tswana warriors together. — Discover Magazine, 18 Oct. 2024 Such institutional details, which are at least as important as the political history of the Tswana people, go unmentioned in Why Nations Fail. — Foreign Affairs, 16 Aug. 2012

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1930, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of Tswana was in 1930

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“Tswana.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Tswana. Accessed 2 Oct. 2026.

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