Amakosa
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]Amakosa (plural Amakosas or Amakosa)
- (archaic) A member of the Xhosa people.
- 1836, Robert Godlonton, Introductory Remarks to a Narrative of the Irruption of the Kafir Hordes Into the Eastern Province of the Cape of Good Hope, A.D. 1834-35, Meurant and Godlonton, page 211:
- [A]s, for instance, at the present day we find the Amakosa and Amatembu branches perfectly distinct from that of the Mambookie.
- 1837, The Asiatic Journal, page 181:
- This gentleman, in relating the causes of the invasion, states that the Caffres are divided into three great nations — the Amakosas, the Tambookies, and the Amapondas; […]