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West Africa. Damaraland is alternatively known as Hereroland, both names being derived from the tribes inhabiting the region. The so-called Damara consist of two probably distinct peoples. They are known respectively as " the See also:

Hill Damara " and " the See also:

CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

Cattle Damara," i.e. those who breed cattle in the plains. The Hill Damara are Negroes with much Hottentot See also:

BLOOD

blood, and have adopted the Hottentot See also:

TONGUE (O. Eng. lunge)

tongue, while the Cattle Damara are of distinct See also:

BANTU

Bantu-See also:

NEGRO (from Lat. eager, black)

Negro descent and speak a Bantu See also:

LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language. The See also:

TERM

term Damara (" Two Dama See also:

WOMEN

Women ") is of Hottentot origin, and is not used by the See also:

PEOPLE

people, who See also:

CALL (from Anglo-Saxon ceallian, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch kallen, to talk or chatter)

call themselves Ova-See also:

HERERO, or OVAHERERO (" merry people ")

herero, " the Merry People " (see See also:

HOTTENTOTS

HOTTENTOTS and HERERO).

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