"!Kung" meaning in English

See !Kung in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /kʊŋ/ (note: anglicized pronunciation), /ǃkʊŋ/ (note: non-naturalized pronunciation)
Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} !Kung
  1. Alternative form of ǃKung Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: ǃKung
    Sense id: en-!Kung-en-name-hvs1ZMx6

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          "ref": "1979, Daniel Goleman, Consciousness, the Brain, States of Awareness, and Alternate Realities, Ardent Media, page 166",
          "text": "One of [the few hunter-gatherer cultures that remain] is the !Kung of the Kalahari Desert in Botswana, Africa (the exclamation point in !Kung represents one of four clicking sounds in their language).",
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