Botswana

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Botswana

  • /bɒtˈswɑːnə/ UK
  • /bɑːtˈswɑːnə/ US

Rhymes with -ɑːnə

proper noun

  1. Bechuanaland, fully the Bechuanaland Protectorate, a colony of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1966
  2. The Republic of Botswana, since 1966. After independence, Rhodesia changed its name to Zimbabwe, Nyasaland to Malawi, and Bechuanaland to Botswana.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: cameroon, cambodia, tuvalu, pok, barbados, hiroshi, batswana, bechuanaland, bwa, bw, south africa, namibia, mozambique, bechwanaland, eswatini, zambia

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name Republic of Botswana

EspañolBotsuana
한국어보츠와나 Bocheuwana
日本語ボツワナ Botsuwana
中文博茨瓦納 /博茨瓦纳 Bócíwǎnà, 波札那 Bōzhánà
हिन्दीबोत्सवाना botsavānā
KiswahiliBotswana
PortuguêsBotsuana
FrançaisBotswana
DeutschBotsuana
ItalianoBotswana
ΕλληνικάΜποτσουάνα Botsouána
RomânăBotswana
РусскийБотсва́на Botsvána
Tiếng ViệtBốt-xoa-na
العربيةبُتْسْوَانَا butswānā, بُوتْسْوَانَا būtswānā
עבריתבוצוונה botswana

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"Botswana." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/botswana. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Botswana. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/botswana

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"Botswana." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/botswana.

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@misc{botswana_2026,
  title = {Botswana},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/botswana},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}