View source for Botswana

{{also|botswana}}
==English==
[[File:Botswana w2 locator.svg|thumb|right|Botswana]]

===Etymology===
From {{bor|en|tn|Botswana}}, from {{prefix|tn|bo|Tswana|nocat=1}},
of uncertain origin.<ref>{{cite-book|en|date=2015-06-03 |author=Isaac Schapera |author2=John L Comaroff |title=The Tswana |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781317408147 |page=3 |text=It has been variously interpreted as meaning: (a) "the little offshoots" (from ''-tswa'', "to go out, to come from), (b) "the separatists, or seceders" (from ''tswaana'', "to separate from one another"), and (c) "those who are alike" (from ''-tshwaana'', "to be alike"). None of these derivations is generally accepted; van Warmelo curtly dismisses them as "fruitless speculation".}}</ref>

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/bɒtˈswɑːnə/|a=UK}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Botswana.wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{IPA|en|/bɑːtˈswɑːnə/|a=US}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-Botswana.wav|a=US}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɑːnə|s=3}}

===Proper noun===
{{en-proper noun}}

# {{senseid|en|Q963}}{{place|en|country|r/Southern Africa|capital=Gaborone}}.
## {{l|en|Bechuanaland}}, fully the Bechuanaland Protectorate, a colony of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1966
## The Republic of Botswana, since 1966

====Holonyms====
* {{l|en|Subsahara}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|id=Q963|Republic of Botswana}}
* Afrikaans: {{t+|af|Botswana}}
* Amharic: {{t|am|ቦትስዋና}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|بُتْسْوَانَا|f}}, {{t|ar|بُوتْسْوَانَا|f}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|Բոտսվանա}}
* Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: {{t|aii|ܒܘܿܬܨܘܵܢܵܐ|f}}
* Asturian: {{t+|ast|Botsuana}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|Botsvana}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|Батсва́на|f|sc=Cyrl}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|বতসোয়ানা}}
* Breton: {{t|br|Botswana}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|Ботсва́на|f}}
* Burmese: {{t|my|ဘော့ဆွာနာ}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|Botswana|f}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|博茨瓦納|tr=Bócíwǎnà}}, {{t+|cmn|波札那|tr=Bōzhánà}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|Botswana|f}}
* Danish: {{t|da|Botswana}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|Botswana|n}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|Bocvano}}
* Estonian: {{t+|et|Botswana}}
* Faroese: {{t|fo|Botsvana|n}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|Botswana}}
* French: {{t+|fr|Botswana}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|Botsuana}}, {{t+|gl|Botswana}}
* Georgian: {{t+|ka|ბოტსვანა}}
* German: {{t+|de|Botsuana}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|Μποτσουάνα|f}}
* Hausa: {{t|ha|Baswana}}
* Hebrew: {{t|he|בוצוונה|tr=botswana}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|बोत्सवाना}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|Botswana}}
* Interlingua: {{t|ia|Botswana}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|Botsuáin|f|alt=An Bhotsuáin}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|Botswana|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|ボツワナ|tr=Botsuwana}}
* Kazakh: {{t+|kk|Ботсвана}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|បុតស្វាណា}}
* Kikuyu: {{t|ki|Botswana}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|^보츠와나}}
* Lao: {{t|lo|ບົດສະວານາ}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|Botsvana|f}}
* Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|Botsvana|f}}
* Luhya: {{t|luy|Botswana}}
* Luo: {{t|luo|Botswana}}
* Macedonian: {{t+|mk|Боцва́на|f}}
* Malagasy: {{t|mg|Botsoana}}
* Maltese: {{t|mt|il-[[Botswana]]}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|Poriwana}}, {{t|mi|Potiwana}}
* Meru: {{t|mer|Botswana}}
* Navajo: {{t|nv|Halchíítah Naakaii Łizhiní Bikéyah}}
* Norman: {{t|nrf|Botswana}}
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|Botswana}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|Botswana|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|Botsuana|m}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|Botswana|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|Ботсва́на|f}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|Боцвана|f}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|Bocvana|f}}
* Sicilian: {{t|scn|Botsuana|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|Botsuana|f}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|Botswana}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|Botswana|n}}
* Tagalog: {{t+|tl|Botswana}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|บอตสวานา}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|Botsvana}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|Ботсва́на|f|sc=Cyrl}}
* Uyghur: {{t|ug|بوتسۋانا}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|Botsvana}}
* Vietnamese: {{t|vi|Bốt-xoa-na}}
* Yoruba: {{t|yo|Bọ̀tìsúwánà}}
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===See also===
* {{l|en|Gaborone}}
* [[Appendix:Countries of the world|Countries of the world]]
* {{list:countries of Africa/en}}

===References===
<references/>

===Further reading===
* {{pedia}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=aabnostw|swan boat}}

==Afrikaans==
{{wp|lang=af}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|af|LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-Botswana.wav}}

===Proper noun===
{{head|af|proper noun}}

# {{tcl|af|Botswana|id=Q963|place_capital=af:Gaborone}}

==Breton==

===Proper noun===
{{head|br|proper noun}}

# {{tcl|br|Botswana|id=Q963}}

==Catalan==
{{wikipedia|lang=ca}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{ca-IPA}}
* {{audio|ca|LL-Q7026 (cat)-Millars-Botswana.wav|a=Valencian}}

===Proper noun===
{{ca-proper noun|f}}

# {{tcl|ca|Botswana|id=Q963}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|ca|botswanès}}

==Czech==
{{wp|lang=cs}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{cs-IPA|Bocvana}}
* {{audio|cs|Cs-Botswana.ogg}}

===Proper noun===
{{cs-proper noun|f|adj=botswanský|dem=Botswaňan|dem2=Botswanec|fdem=Botswaňanka|fdem2=Botswanka}}

# {{tcl|cs|Botswana|id=Q963}}

====Declension====
{{cs-ndecl|f.sg}}

====See also====
* {{l|cs|Bečuánsko}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:cs:KNLA}}
* {{R:cs:SSJC}}
* {{R:cs:IJP}}

==Danish==

===Proper noun===
{{da-proper noun}}

# {{tcl|da|Botswana|id=Q963}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|da|botswaner}}
* {{l|da|botswansk}}

==Dutch==

===Etymology===
{{rfe|nl}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|nl|/ˌbɔtsˈʋaː.naː/|/ˌbɔtˈsʋaː.naː/|/ˌbɔˈtsʋaː.naː/}}
* {{audio|nl|Nl-Botswana.ogg}}
* {{hyphenation|nl|Bots|wa|na}}

===Proper noun===
{{nl-proper noun|n}}

# {{tcl|nl|Botswana|id=Q963}} {{defdate|from 1960s}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|nl|Botswaan}}

==Estonian==

===Proper noun===
{{head|et|proper noun}}

# {{tcl|et|Botswana|id=Q963}}

==Finnish==
{{wikipedia|lang=fi}}

===Etymology===
From {{der|fi|tn|Botswana}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{fi-pronunciation|bot#swana}}

===Proper noun===
{{fi-proper noun}}

# {{tcl|fi|Botswana|id=Q963}}

====Declension====
{{fi-decl-kulkija|n=sg|Botswan|a}}

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|fi
|botswanalainen
}}

==French==

===Pronunciation===
* {{fr-IPA}}
* {{audio|fr|Fr-Botswana.ogg}}

===Proper noun===
{{fr-proper noun|g=m}}

# {{tcl|fr|Botswana|id=Q963}}

==German==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|de|/bɔtsˈvaːna/|/boˈtsvaːna/}}
* {{audio|de|De-Botswana.ogg}}

===Proper noun===
{{de-proper noun|n}}

# {{tcl|de|Botswana|id=Q963}}

===See also===
* {{list:countries of Africa/de}}

==Hungarian==
{{wikipedia|lang=hu}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{hu-IPA|bocvána}}
* {{hyphenation|hu|Bots|wa|na}}
* {{rhymes|hu|nɒ|s=3}}

===Proper noun===
{{head|hu|proper noun}}

# {{tcl|hu|Botswana|id=Q963}}

====Declension====
{{hu-infl-nom|Botswaná|o|n=sg}}{{hu-pos-tok|Botswaná|n=sg}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|hu|botswanai}}

==Interlingua==

===Proper noun===
{{head|ia|proper noun}}

# {{tcl|ia|Botswana|id=Q963}}

==Italian==
{{wikipedia|lang=it}}

===Proper noun===
{{it-proper noun|m}}

# {{tcl|it|Botswana|id=Q963}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|it|botswaniano}}

==Norwegian Bokmål==
{{wikipedia|lang=no}}

===Proper noun===
{{head|nb|proper noun}}

# {{tcl|nb|Botswana|id=Q963}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|nb|botswaner}}
* {{l|nb|botswansk}}

==Norwegian Nynorsk==
{{wikipedia|lang=nn}}

===Proper noun===
{{head|nn|proper noun}}

# {{tcl|nn|Botswana|id=Q963}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|nn|botswan}}, {{l|nn|botswanar}}
* {{l|nn|botswansk}}

==Polish==
{{wp|lang=pl}}

===Pronunciation===
{{pl-pr|Bocwana|a=LL-Q809 (pol)-Olaf-Botswana.wav|h=Bots.wa.na}}

===Proper noun===
{{pl-proper noun|f|adj=botswański}}

# {{tcl|pl|Botswana|id=Q963}}

====Declension====
{{pl-decl-noun-f|tantum=s}}

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|pl|title=nouns|Botswańczyk|Botswanka}}

===See also===
* {{list:countries of Africa/pl}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:pl:PWN}}

==Romanian==

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|ro|LL-Q7913 (ron)-KlaudiuMihaila-Botswana.wav}}

===Proper noun===
{{head|ro|proper noun}}

# {{tcl|ro|Botswana|id=Q963}}

==Scots==

===Proper noun===
{{head|sco|proper noun}}

# {{tcl|sco|Botswana|id=Q963}}

==Slovak==
{{wp|lang=sk}}

===Proper noun===
{{sk-proper noun|f|gen=Botswany|decl=žena}}

# {{tcl|sk|Botswana|id=Q963}}

===References===
* {{R:sk:SDK}}

==Spanish==
{{wikipedia|lang=es}}

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|es|Botsuana}}

===Pronunciation===
{{es-pr|botsuana}}

===Proper noun===
{{es-proper noun|f}}

# {{tcl|es|Botswana|id=Q963}}

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|es|botswanés}}

====Related terms====
{{col-auto|es|botsuano|botsuana}}

==Swahili==
{{wikipedia|lang=sw}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|sw|Sw-ke-Botswana.flac|a=Kenya}}

===Proper noun===
{{head|sw|proper noun}}

# {{tcl|sw|Botswana|id=Q963}}

===See also===
* {{list:countries of Africa/sw}}

==Swedish==
{{wikipedia|lang=sv}}

===Etymology===
From {{bor|sv|tn|Botswana}}, from {{prefix|tn|bo|Tswana|nocat=1}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|sv|LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Botswana.wav}}

===Proper noun===
{{sv-proper noun|n}}

# {{tcl|sv|Botswana|id=Q963}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|sv|botswansk|pos=adjective|t=Botswanan}}
* {{l|sv|botswanier|g=c|t=Botswanan male}}
* {{l|sv|botswanska|g=c|t=Botswanan female}}

===References===
* {{R:svenska.se|saol}}
* [https://mesh.kib.ki.se/term/D001902/botswana Svensk MeSH]

==Tagalog==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|tl|es|Botswana}}, from {{der|tl|tn|Botswana}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{tl-pr|Bot_swana}}

===Proper noun===
{{tl-proper noun|b=+}}

# {{tcl|tl|Botswana|id=Q963}}

==Tswana==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|tn|/bʊ.ˈt͡swa.na/}}

===Proper noun===
{{head|tn|proper noun}}

# {{tcl|tn|Botswana|id=Q963}}

==Welsh==
{{wp|lang=cy}}

===Etymology===
From {{bor|cy|en|Botswana}}, from {{der|cy|tn|Botswana}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|cy|/bɔtsˈwana/|a=cy-N}}
* {{IPA|cy|/bɔtsˈwa(ː)na/|a=cy-S}}

===Proper noun===
{{cy-proper noun|f}}

# {{tcl|cy|Botswana|id=Q963}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|cy|Botswanaidd|pos=adjective|t=Botswanan}}
* {{l|cy|Botswaniad||Botswanan (man/woman)}}
* {{l|cy|Gweriniaeth Botswana||Republic of Botswana}}

===Mutation===
{{cy-mut}}

===See also===
* {{list:countries of Africa/cy}}

{{topics|cy|Countries in Africa}}
{{cln|cy|exonyms}}

==Zulu==

===Etymology===
From {{bor|zu|en|Botswana}}, from {{prefix|tn|bo|Tswana|nocat=1}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{zu-IPA|bôt͡sʼʷana}}

===Proper noun===
{{head|zu|proper noun}}

# {{tcl|zu|Botswana|id=Q963}}