Gaborone

English

Etymology

Named after chief Gaborone. The name itself apparently derives from Tswana [Term?] (“it does not fit badly”), from the verb rona (“to be unsuitable”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌɡæbəˈɹəʊni/

Proper noun

Gaborone

2. The capital city of Botswana.

Derived terms

• Gaboronian

Translations

capital of Botswana

• Afrikaans: Gaborone
• Amharic: ጋበሮኔ (gabärone)
• Arabic: جَابُورُون f (gaburun), غَابُورُون f (ḡaburun)
• Armenian: Գաբորոնե (hy) (Gaborone)
• Asturian: Gaborone (ast)
• Azerbaijani: Qaborone
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 哈博羅內 / 哈博罗内 (zh) (Hābóluónèi)

• Czech: Gaborone n
• Danish: Gaborone
• Dutch: Gaborone n
• Esperanto: Gaberono
• Finnish: Gaborone
• French: Gaborone (fr)
• Galician: Gaborone (gl)
• Georgian: გაბორონე (gaborone)
• German: Gaborone (de) n
• Greek: Γκαμπορόνε (Gkamporóne)
• Haitian Creole: Gaboròn
• Hebrew: גאבורון f (gaboron)
• Hindi: गोबोर्नी m (gobornī)
• Hungarian: Gaborone (hu)
• Icelandic: Gaboróne
• Japanese: ガボローネ (Gaborōne)
• Khmer: ហ្កាបូរ៉ូន (km) (gaabouroun)
• Korean: 가보로네 (Gaborone)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: گابۆرۆن (gaboron)

• Lithuanian: Gaboronas m
• Marathi: गॅबारोनी (gĕbāronī)
• Persian: گابورون (gâboron)
• Polish: Gaborone (pl) n
• Portuguese: Gaborone (pt)
• Romanian: Gaborone (ro)
• Russian: Габоро́не (ru) m (Gaborónɛ)
• Spanish: Gaborone (es)
• Tamil: காபரோனி (kāparōṉi)
• Thai: กาโบโรเน
• Ukrainian: Габоро́не n (Haboróne)
• Vietnamese: Ga-bo-rơn

Afrikaans

Proper noun

Gaborone

1. Gaborone (the capital city of Botswana)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡaboronɛ]

Proper noun

Gaborone n (indeclinable, related adjective gaboronský)

1. Gaborone (the capital city of Botswana)

Further reading

• “Gaborone”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Portuguese

Proper noun

Gaborone

1. Gaborone (the capital city of Botswana)

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡabɔrɔɲe]

Proper noun

Gaborone n

1. Gaborone (the capital of Botswana)

References

• “Gaborone”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaboˈɾone/ [ɡa.β̞oˈɾo.ne]
• Rhymes: -one
• Syllabification: Ga‧bo‧ro‧ne

Proper noun

Gaborone ?

1. Gaborone (the capital city of Botswana)

Tswana

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /χa.bʊ.rʊ.nɪ/

Proper noun

Gaborone

1. Gaborone (the capital city of Botswana)