Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kgalagadi

/ˌxalaˈxɑːdi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.23 in modern English

Syllables: kgala-ga-di
IPA: /ˌxalaˈxɑːdi/

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A district in south-west Botswana, which includes much of the Kalahari Desert.

noun

A member of a Tswana people chiefly living in the Kalahari Desert.

Etymology

Etymology tree Tswana kgala Tswana -gadi Tswana Kgalagadiubor. English Kgalagadi Unadapted borrowing from Tswana Kgalagadi (literally “a large, dry area”), from kgala (“become dry”) + -gadi (“large”). Doublet of Kalahari.

Frequently Paired Words

Kalahari Kgalakgari

Synonyms

Bakgalagadi Bakalahadi Bakalahari Bakgalagalis

Rhymes With

mahdi cadi qadi tsade imzadi

Questions

How do you pronounce kgalagadi?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌxalaˈxɑːdi/.
What does kgalagadi mean?: A district in south-west Botswana, which includes much of the Kalahari Desert.
Where does kgalagadi come from?: Etymology tree Tswana kgala Tswana -gadi Tswana Kgalagadiubor. English Kgalagadi Unadapted borrowing from Tswana Kgalagadi (literally “a large, dry area”), from kgala (“become dry”) + -gadi (“large”). Doublet of Kalahari.

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