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Giraffa camelopardalis

Giraffe

kameelperd

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Lake Ngami in Botswana Naib, Naibhaos, Naichanab and other variants Naihab, Naisees and Naibu, all in Namibia or in the Northern Cape, and as indicated below, all read as ‘place of giraffe’. Kameelrivier, and refers to a river situated in the district of Gibeon, Namibia. Nainaub with variants Neinaub, Neikaub and Neiaob, situated in Namibia, close to the Erongo Mountain and in the vicinity of Okombahe. Naidauskuppe, ‘giraffes poort and hill’, as well as Neikhoes near wakopmund, and Neibes, ‘giraffe’s fountain or watering place’, are all derived from the same. Kameelpan in the district of Gobabis in Namibia, Giraffenberge refers to the mountain range south-west of Ohopoho and south of the Tonnesenberge in the orthern region of Kaokoland, Namibia. Onanduli in Ovamboland, and Onduri in the district of Outjo, that also refer to the giraffe. Madubaduba, a name replacing the Afrikaans name of the farm Kameelrivier A in the Mpumalanga province north-east of Marble Hall. Mororothutlwa, a large saltpan in the Kalahari” is derived from the Tswana morota, meaning ‘immense’ and thuthlwa, ‘giraffe’. Mororothuthlwa. Madikwe (originally referring to a river and locality, now a town in the North West province), It would appear that Kameelrivier is a translation of Ga-Morwe.

Hoofed mammals: bovines, giraffe and antelope

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