Bechuanas

Bechuanas
Bechuanas Bech`u*a"nas, n. pl. A division of the Bantus, dwelling between the Orange and Zambezi rivers, supposed to be the most ancient Bantu population of South Africa. They are divided into totemic clans; they are intelligent and progressive. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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