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Definition of Khoikhoi
1. Noun. Any of the Khoisan languages spoken by the pastoral people of Namibia and South Africa.
Definition of Khoikhoi
1. Noun. (alternative form of Khoekhoe) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Khoikhoi
Literary usage of Khoikhoi
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. New Dictionary of South African Biography by E. J. Verwey, Nelson Mandela (1995)
"Subsequently it was observed that he preferred the khoikhoi dress of sheepskin
to his English clothes. In October 1614 an English mariner complained that ..."
2. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1890)
"... fruit (especially mulberries), and cotton. Pop. 25000. khoikhoi. See HOTTENTOTS.
.... khoikhoi."
3. A Sketch of the Modern Languages of Africa: Accompanied by a Language Map by Robert Needham Cust (1883)
"Hottentot, to the whole Race, based as that name is on Linguistic Peculiarities,
and call the one branch khoikhoi, nnd the other San. lie admits that the ..."
4. The Idea of God and the Moral Sense in the Light of Language: Being a by Herbert Baynes (1895)
"'While the Bushmen are hunters, the khoikhoi are nomads, cattle and sheep farmers;
and while the Bushman family has with the khoikhoi, ..."
5. The Religion of the Primitives by Alexandre Le Roy (1922)
"particular, a mischievous genius, Guana or Guanab, feared likewise by the khoikhoi;
he lives in a black heaven and is the cause of all evil.20 The ..."
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