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He·re·ro  (h-râr, hr-r)

n. pl. Herero or He·re·ros

1. A member of a pastoral people inhabiting Namibia and Botswana.

2. The Bantu language of this people.

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Herero [həˈrɛərəʊ ˈhɛərəˌrəʊ]

n

1. (Social Science / Peoples) pl -ro, -ros a member of a formerly rich cattle-keeping Negroid people of southern Africa, living chiefly in central Namibia

2. (Linguistics / Languages) the language of this people, belonging to the Bantu group of the Niger-Congo family

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Herero - a member of a pastoral Bantu people living in Namibia, Botswana, and Angola Namibia, Republic of Namibia, South West Africa - a republic in southwestern Africa on the south Atlantic coast (formerly called South West Africa); achieved independence from South Africa in 1990; the greater part of Namibia forms part of the high Namibian plateau of South Africa Angola, Republic of Angola - a republic in southwestern Africa on the Atlantic Ocean; achieved independence from Portugal in 1975 and was the scene of civil war until 1990 Botswana, Republic of Botswana - a landlocked republic in south-central Africa that became independent from British control in the 1960s Bantu - a member of any of a large number of linguistically related peoples of Central and South Africa
	2.	Herero - a Banto language spoken by the Herero in Namibia, Botswana, and Angola Bantoid language, Bantu - a family of languages widely spoken in the southern half of the African continent