Chariguriqua, plural noun

/ˌtʃarɪɡʊˈrɪkwa/
Forms:
Chariguriquas, CherigriquoisShow more Also Chariguriquas, Cherigriquois, Chirigriquas.
Origin:
See Griqua.
obs. except in historical contexts
Grigriqua.
1731 G. Medley tr. of P. Kolben’s Present State of Cape of G.H. I. 65The Nation of the Chirigriquas is next, running along by the Bay of St. Hellens. They are a numerous People,..and have the Vogue, above all the other Hottentot Nations, for Strength and Dexterity in Throwing the Hassagaye.
1795 C.R. Hopson tr. of C.P. Thunberg’s Trav. I. 307The next neighbours..are the Chirigriquas, a more populous and wealthy nation.
1838 D. Moodie Record I. 247Little Chariguriquas, a people about as numerous as the Goringhaiquas,..subject to Oedasoa, though they have rebelled against him; they were accustomed to be his stock keepers, but appropriated his cattle to their own use.
1838 D. Moodie Record I. 248Namaquas, with whom the great Chariguriquas have sought and formed an alliance.
1846 J.C. Brown tr. of T. Arbousset’s Narr. of Explor. Tour to N.-E. of Col. 21The word Griqua appears to be an abbreviation of Cherigriquois, the name of a tribe living to the south of the Little Namaquas.
1905 G.W. Stow Native Races of S. Afr. 316Among the old Hottentot tribes..was a clan..variously called Chariguriqua and Grigriqua...From this tribe the modern Griquas derived their name.
1976 R. Ross Adam Kok’s Griquas 12The term [Griqua] referred to a Khoikhoin tribe, the Chariguriqua, which had lived about a hundred miles north of Cape Town.
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