Gagas

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Identifier
3483_SKCPN
Title
Gagas
Alternative Title
Gagas
Georeference Sources
S 2314 BD
Is Part Of
Toponymica Hottentotica: B (A-Z)
longitude
14.875
latitude
-23.375
Measurement Accuracy
12.5 km radius
Source
eng Budack KFR 1979 Ethnologist Report of fieldwork 'Gagas, an Inaraveld near Swartbank. Ga-Gas = 'The Human Spirit' (cf. Kreenley 1889 Wortschatz 71). None of my informants knew giving rise to this name '.
afr Budack KFR 1979 Etnoloog Verslag van veldwerk 'Gagas, ’n Inaraveld naby Swartbank. Ga-gas = ‘die menslike gees’ (vgl. Kroenlein 1889 Wortschatz 71). Geeneen van my informante het geweet wat aanleiding tot hierdie benaming gegee het nie'.
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