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1. ghap, n. View full entry 1819
...A South African carrion flower belonging to the genus Trichocaulon, esp. T. piliferum....
2. gnu, n. View full entry 1777
...A South African quadruped (Catoblepas gnu), belonging to the antelope family, but resembling an ox or buffalo in shape; also known by its Dutch name wildebeest. The brindled...
3. gogga, n. View full entry 1909
...An insect (of any type)....
4. gorah | gorrah, n. View full entry 1790
...A Khoekhoe musical instrument (see quot. 1881)....
5. Griqua, n. and adj. View full entry 1793
...A member of an Afrikaans-speaking people of mixed Khoekhoe and South African Dutch descent inhabiting chiefly the regions of Griqualand West in the Northern Cape province, and Griqualand East in KwaZulu-Natal province,...
6. kaama, n. View full entry 1824
...The hartebeest, a South African antelope (Alcelaphus caama)....
7. karoo | karroo, n. View full entry 1789
...A semi-desert region of central South Africa, consisting of extensive elevated plateaus, with a clayey soil, which during the dry season are waterless and arid....
8. Khoekhoe, n. and adj. View full entry 1801
...A member of a southern African people distinguished by short stature, yellow-brown skin, and tightly-curled hair, and speaking a language characterized by click sounds. Cf. Hottentot1....
9. kierie, n. View full entry 1731
...A short club or knobbed stick used (esp. in the past) as a weapon by the indigenous peoples of South Africa. See also knobkerrie...
10. Nama, adj. and n. View full entry 1862
...Of, relating to, or designating a Khoesan people living chiefly in Namaqualand in south-western Africa or their language....
11. Naman, n. View full entry 1930
...With pl. concord (usu. with the): = Nama1....
12. Namaqua, n. and adj. View full entry 1670
...= Nama1....
13. naras, n. View full entry 1838
...A spiny, yellow-flowered shrub, Acanthosicyos horrida (family Cucurbitaceae), of the Kalahari Desert and Namibia, distinguished by thorns which replace the leaves in the young plants. Also: the large,...
14. nenta, n. View full entry 1793
...Any of several poisonous plants of the family Crassulaceae, esp. species of the genus Tylecodon (formerly Cotyledon)....
15. oribi, n. View full entry 1793
...A small antelope, Ourebia ourebi, inhabiting open grassy plains in southern and eastern Africa and having a reddish-fawn back, white underparts, and short vertical horns....
16. ramkie, n. View full entry 1805
...A guitar-like instrument, formerly played by the Khoekhoe peoples of South Africa, consisting of three or four strings stretched out along a board, at one end of which is a gourd resonator...
17. sampan, n.2 View full entry 1898
...= tampan...
18. San, n.2 View full entry 1876
...The name used for themselves by the Bushmen of southern Africa (see bushman1); also attrib....
19. tsamma, n. View full entry 1886
...A wild water-melon, Citrullus lanatus, native to parts of southern Africa. Also attrib....