Botswana

From Tswana Botswana, from bo- + Tswana,
of uncertain origin.

A country in Southern Africa. Capital: Gaborone.

Bechuanaland, fully the Bechuanaland Protectorate, a colony of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1966


pula

From Tswana pula, Northern Sotho pula, and Sotho pula (“rain”), all from Proto-Bantu *mbúdà.

The currency of Botswana, divided into 100 thebe.


Botswanan

A person from Botswana or of Botswanan descent.


Botswanan

en-adj

Botswanan (comparative more Botswanan, superlative most Botswanan)

more Botswanan (comparative)
most Botswanan (superlative)

Of, from, or pertaining to Botswana, the Botswanan people or the Botswanan language.


Tswana

From Tswana Tswana, the stem of Motswana/Batswana/Setswana. See Botswana for more.

A Bantu people living in Botswana and South Africa.


Established in the United Kingdom as the first emergency service number in the world, initially chosen because of its suitability at a time of rotary-dial telephones.

I don't know why they couldn't just keep it as it was! How hard is it to remember 911?
You mean 999...
I mean 999!
That's the American one!
Yeah!

2006 Feb. 3, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 1, Episode 2

When you call 999 in the UK, the operator usually answers the phone with "Emergency. Which service?"

The telephone number for emergency services in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Burma, Bahrain, Qatar, the UAE, Kenya, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Sudan, South Sudan, Sierra Leone, Guyana, Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, Dominica, Kiribati, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, and the Seychelles.

三條九 /三条九 (saam¹ tiu⁴ gau², literally “triple nine”)

The telephone number for law enforcement in Singapore, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Eswatini, Botswana, Tanzania, Mauritius, and Trinidad and Tobago.


Setswana

A language spoken widely in Southern Africa, mainly in Botswana and South Africa in the Northern Cape, the central and western Free State and in the North West province, and also, to a lesser extent, in Namibia, also known as Tswana.


thebe

A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Botswanan pula.


Tswanadom

The influence of Tswana culture and politics in Botswana.


Botswanian

Botswanan; a person from Botswana or of Botswanan descent.


Botswanian

Botswanian (comparative more Botswanian, superlative most Botswanian)

more Botswanian (comparative)
most Botswanian (superlative)

Botswanan; of, from, or pertaining to Botswana, the Botswanan people or the Botswanan language.


Gaboronian

In the unlikely event that you get lost, have no fear: Gaboronians are very friendly and will help you get where you need to go.

2015 December 16, “Tshipidi’s Gaborone, Botswana”, in National Geographic:

A native or resident of Gaborone, Botswana.


Gaboronian

Gaboronian (comparative more Gaboronian, superlative most Gaboronian)

more Gaboronian (comparative)
most Gaboronian (superlative)

Patty Johnson, a Canadian designer, collaborated with Gaboronian Peter Mabeo to produce a line of contemporary furniture that is stunning in its simplicity.

2008 May 27, Kelly Berman, “Report from NYC: All Things Bright and Beautiful”, in Elle Decoration SA: