Xhosas

Variant of Xhosa

Xhosa definition

Xhosa (kō′sä, -zä)

noun

  1. pl. Xhosas Xho′·sas or Xhosa Xho′sa a member of a people living mainly in S South Africa
  2. the Bantu language of this people, closely related to Zulu

adjective

of the Xhosas or their language or culture
Also sp. Xosa Xo′sa

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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