ǃKhami

About this item

Identifier
1480_SKCPN
Title
ǃKhami
Alternative Title
Kam-, Kham(Rivier)
Georeference Sources
S 2316/2416/2417
Is Part Of
Toponymica Hottentotica: A2 (H-Z)
longitude
16.5
latitude
-23.5
Measurement Accuracy
50 km radius
Notes about Name
(vroeer Weisskam, Wit(te)kam
Name in Khoekhoe or Nama
ǃKhami*
ǃKhami
Source
afr Knudsen 1842 Reisen Moritz 29/4 144 'Mittwoch...kamen wir liber' Kham (Schlagerei) nach 'Gou-'Hoas'. Richter 1845 Charte 'Kham'. Hahn 1881 Tsuni-ǀǀGoam 23-4 'Names of places and rivers up to this day tell us of battles once fought, such as IKhami and IKhams, Battlefield'. Witbooi 1889 VRV 9 47 '...in Witte ǃKham rivier...' Opmeting s.j. kaart 'Kamrivier, Rehoboth...01d name Weisskam River...'
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