Venda
See also: venda and vendá
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvɛndə/
- Rhymes: -ɛndə
- Homophone: vendor (in non-rhotic accents)
Proper noun
Venda
- A former self-governing Black African homeland in South Africa.
- The language of the people of this area.
Translations
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Noun
Venda (plural Vendas or Venda)
- A member of the Black people of this area.
- 2008, Godfrey Mwakikagile, South Africa and Its People, New Africa Press, →ISBN, page 176:
- The Venda live mostly in Limpopo Province in the northern part of South Africa. There are about one million Vendas and their language is also known as Luvenda, Tshivenda or simply Venda. Their native land was once a Bantustan during [Apartheid].
- 2015 February 1, Saloshna Vandeyar; Thirusellvan Vandeyar, The Construction, Negotiation, and Representation of Immigrant Student Identities in South African schools, IAP, →ISBN, page 63:
- They don't really react badly, because they say I look mostly like a South African, like a Venda. I don't look like a foreigner. I mean I look like a Venda. So, when I tell them I am from another country, they actually get surprised.
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Translations
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See also
- ISO 639-1 code ve, ISO 639-3 code ven (SIL)
- Ethnologue entry for Venda, ven
Anagrams
- Devan, Naved, Vaden, daven, devan, naved, vaned
Czech
Noun
Venda f
- a domestic form of female given name Vendula
Declension
Declension of Venda
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Venda | Vendy |
| genitive | Vendy | Vend |
| dative | Vendě | Vendám |
| accusative | Vendu | Vendy |
| vocative | Vendo | Vendy |
| locative | Vendě | Vendách |
| instrumental | Vendou | Vendami |
Estonian
Etymology
From vend (“brother”).
Proper noun
Venda
- a male given name
Related terms
Veli, Veljo, Vello, Velvo, Veiko