Gaborone

English

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Gaborone

Wikipedia

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), 嘉柏隆里 (zh) (Jiābólónglǐ) (Taiwan) 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: ハボローネ (ja) (Haborōne), 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

Afrikaans Wikipedia has an article on:

Gaborone

Wikipedia ^af

Proper noun

Gaborone

1. Gaborone (the capital city of Botswana)

Czech

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

Gaborone

Wikipedia ^cs

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡaboronɛ]

Proper noun

Gaborone n (indeclinable, relational adjective gaboronský)

1. Gaborone (the capital city of Botswana)

Further reading

• “Gaborone”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Portuguese

Proper noun

Gaborone ?

1. Gaborone (the capital city of Botswana)

Slovak

Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:

Gaborone

Wikipedia ^sk

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, 2003–2025

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

Gaborone

Wikipedia ^es

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)