Ven·da 1 (v n d )n. 1. A member of a people of northeast South Africa constituting the principal inhabitants of the former homeland of Venda. 2. The Bantu language of the Venda. |
| Ven·da 2 (vnd) A former internally self-governing Black African homeland in northeast South Africa near the Zimbabwe border. It was granted limited self-government in 1962, nominal independence in 1979, and was dissolved and reintegrated into South Africa by the 1993 interim constitution. |
Venda1
n
1. (Social Science / Peoples) pl -da, -das a member of a Negroid people of southern Africa, living chiefly in NE South Africa
2. (Linguistics / Languages) the language of this people, belonging to the Bantu group of the Niger-Congo family but not easily related to any other members of the group
Venda2
n
(Placename) a former Bantu homeland in South Africa, near the Zimbabwe border; abolished in 1993. Capital: Thohoyandou
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