Xhosa
or Xo·sa
[ koh-suh, -zuh, kaw- ]
/ ˈkoʊ sə, -zə, ˈkɔ- /
noun, plural Xho·sas, (especially collectively) Xho·sa for 1.
a member of a Nguni people of eastern Cape Province, Republic of South Africa.
the Bantu language of the Xhosa.
Example sentences from the Web for xhosa
“Yes of course there is much to do,” he responded, with a thick Xhosa accent.
British Dictionary definitions for xhosa
Xhosa
/ (ˈkɔːsə) /
noun
plural -sa or -sas
a member of a cattle-rearing Negroid people of southern Africa, living chiefly in South Africa
the language of this people, belonging to the Bantu group of the Niger-Congo family: one of the Nguni languages, closely related to Swazi and Zulu and characterized by several clicks in its sound system