Herero

[ huh-rair-oh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural He·re·ros, (especially collectively) He·re·ro

Herero

/ həˈrɛərəʊ; ˈhɛərəˌrəʊ /

-ro-ros a member of a formerly rich cattle-keeping Negroid people of southern Africa, living chiefly in central Namibia
the language of this people, belonging to the Bantu group of the Niger-Congo family

After another decade of comparative peace war again broke out and spread from the Hottentots to the Herero.

"We must not miss the closing act of our little drama," said Don Herero, significantly.

Both are without any strong affinity to Oci-herero, and only evince a slight relationship with the Zulu group (No. 44).

She had to lie down once in a while to rest.393 The Herero wear iron which in the dry climate retains luster.

They call themselves Ovaherero and their language Otshi-herero.

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