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Venda

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Ven·da 1  (vnd)
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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He said that under the programme 600 bags of venda were being provided to poor farmers, widows and handicapped villagers on monthly basis in the district.
Development programme aims at providing relief to poor farmers by Balochistan Times (Baluchistan Province, Pakistan)
Top, back row from left, Loraine Mubaya, Annamie Sow and Firnalia Putri; front row from left, Rosana Venda, Samatha Bell and Beth Katabazi
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