DAMARALAND  , a region of See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-western See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa, bounded W, by the See also:

• ATLANTIC

Atlantic, E. by the See also:

• KALAHARI

Kalahari, N. by Ovampoland, and S. by See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• NAMAQUALAND

Namaqualand . It forms the central portion of See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German South-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

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
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

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) .