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English word origin

Etymology of Bhaca

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

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Unnumbered source etymology

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noun

Any member of the Bhaca people.

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

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

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

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