Definition of Venda
: a Bantu language spoken by a people of Northern province, Republic of South Africa; also : a member of this people
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Origin and Etymology of venda
borrowed from Venda -ven{ducirc}a, a self-designation (in Vhaven{ducirc}a “the Venda people,” Tshiven{ducirc}a “the Venda language”)
First Known Use: 1908
Venda
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former enclave in the Republic of South Africa set aside for black people as part of a government policy of racial segregation ◆Venda was nominally granted independence in 1979 with Thohoyandu as its capital but was reincorporated into South Africa in 1994.
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