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bhaca

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
bha-ca
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A Nguni people of the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal provinces of South Africa who descend from the 17th–18th-century chief Zelemu of the Pongola valley.

name

The Tekela language spoken natively by the Bhaca, traditionally considered a dialect of Swazi.

noun

Any member of the Bhaca people.

Etymology

From -Bhaca, the common element of the Bhaca amaBhaca, iBhaca, isiBhaca, and KwaBhaca.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Bhacas (plural)

Phrases

Wiktionary’s coverage of Bhaca terms

Frequently Paired Words

KwaBhaca Wiktionary’s coverage of Bhaca terms

Synonyms

AbakwaZelemu the Zelemus IsiBhaca iBhaca

Questions

What does bhaca mean?
A Nguni people of the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal provinces of South Africa who descend from the 17th–18th-century chief Zelemu of the Pongola valley.
Where does bhaca come from?
From -Bhaca, the common element of the Bhaca amaBhaca, iBhaca, isiBhaca, and KwaBhaca.

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