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Definition of Xhosa noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Xhosa

noun
 
/ˈkəʊsə/,
 
/ˈkɔːsə/
 
/ˈkəʊsə/,
 
/ˈkɔːsə/
(plural Xhosa, Xhosas
 
/ˈkəʊzəz/,
 
/ˈkɔːzəz/
/ˈkəʊsəz/, /ˈkɔːsəz/
)
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  1. [countable] a member of an ethnic group living in South Africa
  2. (also isiXhosa)
     [uncountable] the language spoken by the Xhosa people in South AfricaTopics Languagec2
    3. Word Originfrom the stem of Xhosa umXhosa (plural amaXhosa).
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