Kgalagadi

Unadapted borrowing from Tswana Kgalagadi (literally “thirst of infamous nature”). Doublet of Kalahari.

• (General South African) IPA^(key): /ˌxalaˈxɑːdi/
• Rhymes: -ɑːdi

Kgalagadi

1. A district in south-west Botswana, which includes much of the Kalahari Desert.

Kgalagadi (plural Kgalagadi)

1. A member of a Tswana people chiefly living in the Kalahari Desert.

   Alternative forms: Kalahari, Kgalakgari

   Synonyms: Bakgalagadi, Bakalahadi, Bakalahari, Bakgalagalis

• “Kgalagadi”, in Dictionary of South African English, Makhanda, Eastern Cape: Dictionary Unit for South African English, 1996–2025.

From kgala (“thirst”) +‎ -gadi (“large; infamous”), literally “thirst of infamous nature”.

• IPA^(key): /q͡χʰalaˈχadi/

Kgalagadi

1. Kalahari (a large desert in Southern Africa, including Botswana, Namibia and South Africa)
2. Kgalagadi (a district in south-west Botswana)