Kgalagadi

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Kgalagadi

/ˌxalaˈxɑːdi/ General South African

Rhymes with -ɑːdi

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Unadapted borrowing from Tswana Kgalagadi (literally “a large, dry area”), from kgala (“become dry”) + -gadi (“large”). Doublet of Kalahari.

proper noun

A district in south-west Botswana, which includes much of the Kalahari Desert.

noun Kgalagadi

A member of a Tswana people chiefly living in the Kalahari Desert.
Similar: Bakgalagadi, Bakalahadi, Bakalahari, Bakgalagalis

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@misc{kgalagadi_2026,
  title = {Kgalagadi},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kgalagadi},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}