Venda

See also: venda and vendá

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛndə/
• Rhymes: -ɛndə
• Homophone: vendor (in non-rhotic accents)

Proper noun

Venda

1. A former self-governing Black African homeland in South Africa.
2. The language of the people of this area.

Translations

language

• Russian: венда (ru) m (venda)
• Spanish: venda (es) m
• Venda: Tshivenḓa

Noun

Venda (plural Vendas or Venda)

1. A member of the Black people of this area.
   • 2008, Godfrey Mwakikagile, South Africa and Its People, New Africa Press, →ISBN, page 176:

     The Venda live mostly in Limpopo Province in the northern part of South Africa. There are about one million Vendas and their language is also known as Luvenda, Tshivenda or simply Venda. Their native land was once a Bantustan during [Apartheid].

   • 2015 February 1, Saloshna Vandeyar, Thirusellvan Vandeyar, The Construction, Negotiation, and Representation of Immigrant Student Identities in South African schools, IAP, →ISBN, page 63:

     They don't really react badly, because they say I look mostly like a South African, like a Venda. I don't look like a foreigner. I mean I look like a Venda. So, when I tell them I am from another country, they actually get surprised.

Translations

person

• Russian: венда (ru) (venda)
• Venda: muvenḓa

See also

• ISO 639-1 code ve, ISO 639-3 code ven (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Venda, ven ⁠

Anagrams

• Devan, Naved, Vaden, daven, devan, naved, vaned

Czech

Proper noun

Venda f

1. a diminutive of the female given name Vendula

Declension

Declension of Venda (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	Venda	Vendy
genitive	Vendy	Vend
dative	Vendě	Vendám
accusative	Vendu	Vendy
vocative	Vendo	Vendy
locative	Vendě	Vendách
instrumental	Vendou	Vendami

Estonian

Etymology

From vend (“brother”).

Proper noun

Venda

1. a male given name

Related terms

Veli, Veljo, Vello, Velvo, Veiko