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botswana

UK/bɒtˈswɑːnə/US/bɑːtˈswɑːnə/
nounB2+Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #11,532 of 15,258mostly written

Botswana is the southern African country of the Kalahari and safari elephants. Travel to Botswana, northern Botswana, the government of Botswana.

It holds the largest elephant population in the world, and the Okavango Delta is a river that runs into the desert and never reaches the sea. Diamonds took it from one of the poorest countries at independence in 1966 to a middle-income one, which is unusual.

Definitions of botswana

  1. 1nounbotswanaA country in southern Africa.B2+

    “Botswana is one of the world's biggest producers of diamonds.”

botswana is a country.

Where it comes from

  1. tn

    Botswana

  2. English

    Botswana

  3. English, today

    botswana

Botswana Borrowed from tn Botswana. tn Botswana, from bo- + Tswana, of uncertain origin.

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