FromKhoi +San, from thepastoralKhoi tribe (formerly also calledHottentots) and thehunter-gathererSan (also known asBushmen).Coined by Isaac Schapera in 1930, in linguistic usage since the 1950s (following Joseph Greenberg,Studies in African Linguistic Classification, 1955).
Khoisan
Khoisan (pluralKhoisansorKhoisan)
Borrowed fromEnglishKhoisan. Equivalent toKhoi +San, names of two unrelated peoples in Southern Africa.
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