| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Botswana |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Bot·swa·na |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  b t-swä n |
| VARIANTS: | Formerly Bech·u·a·na·land (b ch-wän-l nd , bch -ä-) |
| A country of south-central Africa. Originally inhabited by the San and later (18th century) by the Tswana, the region became a British protectorate after 1885 and gained full independence in 1966. Gaborone is the capital and the largest city. Population: 1,443,000. | | OTHER FORMS: | Bot·swanan —ADJECTIVE & NOUN
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