Namibian
adjective
Na·mib·ian
nə-ˈmi-bē-ən 
-byən
: of, relating to, or characteristic of Namibia or its people
Namibian
noun
plural Namibians
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Throughout 2008 a pilot project was conducted in a Namibian village about 65 miles east of Windhoek.
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Carrie Brandon Elliot, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
At the 12th-century church, the new iteration of Elegy mourning Palestine occupies five channels, while previous editions mourning the femicide and the Namibian genocide take up one and two, respectively.
—Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 12 May 2026
From stargazing in the Namibian desert to Gorilla trekking in Rwanda, our editors take you on three trips that will change you.
—Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Feb. 2026
On Monday morning local time, Namibian Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare Manongo said in a post on X that fires were still burning both inside and outside the park, but all of them had now been contained.
—Jack Guy, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
Before the Namibian war of independence, which raged from the mid-1960s until the end of the 1980s, locals in the deserts of western Namibia knew how to live with elephants.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 1 Aug. 2025
The Maroon 5 frontman and Namibian model have previously made real estate transactions with a handful of fellow A-listers, including Ellen DeGeneres, John Mayer, and ex-couple Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner.
—Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 7 July 2025
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Carrie Brandon Elliot, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
At the 12th-century church, the new iteration of Elegy mourning Palestine occupies five channels, while previous editions mourning the femicide and the Namibian genocide take up one and two, respectively.
—Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 12 May 2026
From stargazing in the Namibian desert to Gorilla trekking in Rwanda, our editors take you on three trips that will change you.
—Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Feb. 2026
On Monday morning local time, Namibian Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare Manongo said in a post on X that fires were still burning both inside and outside the park, but all of them had now been contained.
—Jack Guy, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
Before the Namibian war of independence, which raged from the mid-1960s until the end of the 1980s, locals in the deserts of western Namibia knew how to live with elephants.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 1 Aug. 2025
The Maroon 5 frontman and Namibian model have previously made real estate transactions with a handful of fellow A-listers, including Ellen DeGeneres, John Mayer, and ex-couple Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner.
—Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 7 July 2025
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“Namibian.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Namibian. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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