Xhosa
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Xhosa
- /ˈkəʊ.sə/ UK
- /ˈkɔː.sə/ UK
- /ˈkoʊ.sə/ US
- /ˈkɔ.sə/ US
Rhymes with -əʊsə, -ɔːsə
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Xhosa (ísí)Xhosa (“Xhosa language”) and (úḿ)Xhosa (“Xhosa person”).
noun Xhosas · Xhosa
- A member of a Bantu people from South Africa, most of whom live in the Eastern Cape. my father remained aloof from Christianity and instead reserved his own faith for the great spirit of the Xhosas, Qamata, the God of his fathers.
proper noun
- The native language of the Xhosa people, a Bantu language related to Zulu. “With the food packages that we drop off, we are adding messages in the local dialect of Xhosa, because this is predominately for the Xhosa areas,” Kolisi said.
adjective more Xhosa · most Xhosa
- Of or pertaining to the Xhosa people.
- Of or pertaining to the Xhosa language.
Translations
Talk about this word "Xhosa." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/xhosa. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Xhosa. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/xhosa "Xhosa." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/xhosa.Cite this
@misc{xhosa_2026,
title = {Xhosa},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/xhosa},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
