Definitions

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  • noun A member of a Southern African people, formerly known as Hottentots.
  • noun Any of a group of languages or dialects spoken by such people.

Etymologies

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From Haiǁom and Nama khoe-khoe, self-designation, from khoe ("human being").

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Examples

  • As descendants of the San and Khoekhoe whose ancestors lived here for over 100 000 years and populated the reof the world, you are a shining example of the liberating effects of democracy.

    ADDRESS BY DEPUTY PRESIDENT ZUMA TO THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE NATIONAL KHOISAN CONSULTATIVE CONFERENCE 2001

  • As descendants of the San and Khoekhoe whose ancestors lived here for over 100 000 years and populated the rest of the world, you are a shining example of the liberating effects of democracy.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2001

  • In a real sense the middens represent pages in the history of the Khoekhoe.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1999

  • The occurrence of circular stone hearths and pottery, at least with the younger shellfish component of the middens, link the archaeological deposits with Khoekhoe settlements.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1999

  • The shell middens represent an important archaeological chapter and contribute substantially to the understanding of the Khoekhoe, a Khoi-San grouping.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1999

  • Link) "Flora Capensis explores the historical possibility of a novel, hybrid culture that might have emerged from a different kind of relationship between the Khoekhoe and the Dutch.

    trendbeheer 2009

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