Tswana

noun

Tswa·​na ˈ(t)swä-nə 

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

Examples of Tswana in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

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

Word History

First Known Use

1930, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for Tswana

• ana
• bwana
• dhyana
• donna
• fauna
• gonna
• jnana
• mana
• sauna
• wanna
• asana
• chicana