Namibian
/nəˈmɪˌbi.ən/adjective, noun
Namibian is an adjective meaning “Of, from, or pertaining to Namibia, the Namibian people or the Namibian language” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled N-A-M-I-B-I-A-N and has 4 syllables, and it appears about once in every 3 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does Namibian mean?
adjective
- 1
Of, from, or pertaining to Namibia, the Namibian people or the Namibian language.
noun
- 1
A person from Namibia or of Namibian descent.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce Namibian?
- /nəˈmɪˌbi.ən/
Namibian has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Namibian.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of Namibian
- more Namibian comparative
- most Namibian superlative
- Namibians plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is Namibian?
Namibian appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 54,192nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Namibian in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | namibisch , Namibier, Namibierin |
| Portuguese | namibiano, namíbio, namibiense |
| Spanish | namibio , namibia |
| French | Namibien, Namibienne |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does Namibian come from?
From Namibia + -an.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).