Khoikhoi

Khoikhoi
/koy"koy'/, n., pl. Khoikhois, (esp. collectively) Khoikhoi for 1.
1. a member of a pastoral people, physically and linguistically akin to the San, who inhabited Cape Province, South Africa, in the 17th century and now live mainly in Namibia.
2. the Khoisan language of the Khoikhoi.
Also, Khoekhoe.

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