Korana

noun

Ko·​ra·​na

kəˈränə

plural Korana or Koranas

1

a

: any of a group of racially mixed Hottentot peoples originally from the area along the Orange, Vaal, and Modder rivers in southern Africa

b

: a member of any of such peoples

2

: a dialect of Hottentot spoken by the Korana peoples

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