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PRONUNCIATION OF BECHUANALAND

Bechuanaland  [bɛˈtʃwɑːnəˌlænd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BECHUANALAND

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adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bechuanaland is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BECHUANALAND MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Bechuanaland

Bechuanaland Protectorate

The Bechuanaland Protectorate /bɛˈtʃwɑːnəˌlænd/ was a protectorate established on 31 March 1885, by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in southern Africa. It became the Republic of Botswana on 30 September 1966.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BECHUANALAND


borderland
ˈbɔːdəˌlænd
Damaraland
dəˈmɑːrəˌlænd
fatherland
ˈfɑːðəˌlænd
gangsterland
ˈɡæŋstəˌlænd
Gelderland
ˈɡɛldəˌlænd
Gondwanaland
ɡɒndˈwɑːnəˌlænd
Guelderland
ˈɡeldəˌlænd
hinderland
ˈhɪndəˌlænd
hinterland
ˈhɪntəˌlænd
Maryland
ˈmɛərɪˌlænd
motherland
ˈmʌðəˌlænd
Nagaland
ˈnɑːɡəˌlænd
Namaland
ˈnɑːməˌlænd
Namaqualand
nəˈmɑːkwəˌlænd
Nyasaland
nɪˈæsəˌlænd
Oberland
ˈəʊbəˌlænd
overland
ˈəʊvəˌlænd
slumberland
ˈslʌmbəˌlænd
timberland
ˈtɪmbəˌlænd
wonderland
ˈwʌndəˌlænd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BECHUANALAND

Beccaria
bechalk
bechamel
bechance
becharm
Bechet
Bechstein
Bechuana
beck
Beckenbauer
Becker
becket
becket bend
Beckett
Beckford
Beckham
Beckmann

WORDS THAT END LIKE BECHUANALAND

aland
Cleveland
Deutschland
England
Falkland
Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
Finland
Greenland
holland
Iceland
Ireland
island
Laaland
land
Nederland
New Zealand
Poland
Switzerland
Wayland
Zealand

Synonyms and antonyms of Bechuanaland in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Bechuanaland» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BECHUANALAND

Find out the translation of Bechuanaland to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Bechuanaland from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Bechuanaland» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

贝专纳
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Bechuanalandia
570 millions of speakers

English

Bechuanaland
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Bechuanaland
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

Bechuanaland
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Бечуаналенд
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Bechuanalândia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Bechuanaland
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Bechuanaland
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bechuanaland
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

bechuanaland
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ベチュアナランド
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

Bechuanaland
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bechuanaland
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Bechuanaland
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Bechuanaland
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बेचुआनालॅंड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Bechuanaland´ın
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Bechuanaland
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Beczuana
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Бечуаналенд
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Bechuanaland
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Bechuanaland
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Bechuanaland
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Bechuanaland
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Bechuanaland
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Bechuanaland

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BECHUANALAND»

The term «Bechuanaland» is regularly used and occupies the 92.582 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BECHUANALAND» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Bechuanaland» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Bechuanaland» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Bechuanaland

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BECHUANALAND»

Discover the use of Bechuanaland in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Bechuanaland and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Bechuanaland Pioneers and Gunners
A military and social history of African soldiers who served under British command during WWII.
Deborah Ann Schmitt, 2006
2
Monarch of All I Survey: Bechuanaland Diaries, 1929-1937
Illustrated with black and white photographs.
Charles Rey, Neil Parsons, Michael Crowder, 1988
3
A History of Education in the Bechuanaland Protectorate to 1965
This book discusses and traces the history of educational development in Bechuanaland, a British Protectorate that attained independence in 1966 and became know as Botswana.
Part Themba Mgadla, 2003
4
Britain in Southern Africa: Bechuanaland Protectorate
Under the guise of indirect rule, Britain has simply abandoned the work of government in Bechuanaland to the traditional authorities. In the issue, all that can be said is that the result affords no justification for a modification of the opinion that ...
Margaret Livingstone Hodgson, William George Ballinger, 1932
5
The Social Construction of Trade in the Bechuanaland ...
TABLES. TABLE1: List of commodities imported to the Bechuanaland Protectorate............................................126 TABLE 2: Greek traders operating in Maun (Ngamiland)........142 TABLE 3: Labor contracted at Kimberley mines.
Fanny Sonia Arellano-Lopez, 2008
6
Official Year Book of the Union and of Basutoland, ...
No. 1 contains "statistics mainly for the period 1910-1916."
7
The Victorian Soldier in Africa
CHAPTER. SEVEN. Trekking. through. Bechuanaland. Several African campaigns did not involve skirmishes, sieges, battles or engagements of any significance. Whereas the British Army had to mount offensives and seek rapid, decisive ...
Edward Spiers, 2004
8
Gun and Camera in Southern Africa - A Year of Wanderings in ...
We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Henry Anderson Bryden, 2009
9
The Founder: Cecil Rhodes and the Pursuit of Power
Despite his many critics, and his enormous controversy with Warren, Rhodes by late 1885 had secured the route to the north, accomplished the annexation of British Bechuanaland and the protection of Bechuanaland proper, and become one ...
Robert I. Rotberg, 1990
10
Mafeking Memories
Mafeking in the Bechuanaland Protectorate, and staged an invasion of the Transvaal, supposedly in coordination with an uprising (which never materialized ) of the Transvaal uitlanders. The audacious plan became a fiasco four days later,  ...
Frederick Saunders, Phillip Thurmond Smith, 1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BECHUANALAND»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Bechuanaland is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The Establishment Of The Protectorate (Part 7) – Khama's …
On the 30th of September 1885, what was by then British Bechuanaland was administratively divided by the Molopo River. The merafe located ... «Mmegi Online, Jul 15»
2
Khama and the making of a sovereign nation (Part 1)
This fact serves to symbolise the tardy recognition of the colonial power that the Bechuanaland Protectorate had an independent role to play in ... «Mmegi Online, Jul 15»
3
South Africa: Simon Majakathata Phamotse
He became a representative of Africans in Transkei and Protectorates of Swaziland, Basutoland and Bechuanaland (now Botswana), who were ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
4
Watch Trailer for 'I Am Khama' - Upcoming Animated Film About the …
It's called “I am Khama,” and will deal with King Khama III's 1895 campaign to protect Botswana (in what was them called Bechuanaland) from ... «Indie Wire, Jun 15»
5
King of Kings Laid to Rest
He then left the mission and served in the Bechuanaland Police Force and later was employed by the Department of Veterinary Services where ... «AllAfrica.com, Jun 15»
6
Leadership - Baboon With the Smell of a White Man
... after Kuruman, Robert Moffat's London Missionary Society headquarters located in Bechuanaland. Mzilikazi and Moffat had struck friendship ... «AllAfrica.com, Jun 15»
7
Animated film “I am Khama” delves into Botswana's colonial past
I Am Khama tells the story, is based on Motswana King Khama III's battle to save the Bechuanaland Protectorate, now Botswana, from the ... «The Daily Vox, Jun 15»
8
Chronicles of Khama III
The British Government is about to give control of his country, The Bechuanaland Protectorate, to Cecil Rhodes, the richest diamond tycoon in ... «The Voice Online, Jun 15»
9
Pre-Independence Botswana-Set Animated Feature Chronicles …
The British Government is about to give control of his country, The Bechuanaland Protectorate, to Cecil Rhodes, the richest diamond tycoon in ... «Okayafrica, Jun 15»
10
The establishment of the protectorate (part 4) – “Warren at Molepolole”
Shippard, who became known to Batswana as “Morena Maaka” (“Lord of Lies”), was then appointed as Bechuanaland's Administrator. «Mmegi Online, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Bechuanaland [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/bechuanaland>. Apr 2024 ».
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