San

The English word “San” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

Any of the foraging non-Bantu ethnic groups of southwestern Africa.

proper noun

Any of the languages spoken by these people.

Etymology

As a synonym of Bushmen introduced into ethnology from the 1960s, from Khoekhoe saan (singular saa) "foragers; people without wealth", via back-formation from Khoisan. Occasional citation as the Nama term for "Bushmen" from the 1880s.

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