Amakosina, noun

Forms:
Amakosîna, AmakosinaeShow more Also Amakosîna, Amakosinae, Ammakosina.
Origin:
IsiXhosaShow more Adaptation of isiXhosa emaXhosini ‘among the Xhosa’.
obs.
Xhosaland, see Xhosa noun sense 1 c.
1812 A. Plumptre tr. of H. Lichtenstein’s Trav. in Sn Afr. (1928) I. 309The tribe..call themselves Koossas, or Kaussas, but to their country they give the name of Ammakosina.
1829 C. Rose Four Yrs in Sn Afr. 78The tribe that occupies the country on the eastern frontier..is named Amakosae and their country is called by them Amakosinae.
1834 T. Pringle Afr. Sketches 505That tribe of Caffers whose territory is now divided from the colony by the river Keisi, or Keiskamma, are, in their own language designated the Amakósa, and their country Amakosîna.
Xhosaland, see Xhosa noun sense 1 c.
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