Herero

noun

He·​re·​ro hə-ˈrer-(ˌ)ō How to pronounce Herero (audio)
ˈher-ə-ˌrō
plural Herero or Hereros
: a member of a Bantu people of central Namibia

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This was an elite capture, in order to enable a colonial ethnographic museum that literally contained the bones of the Herero. — Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 10 June 2026 Conceived in 2015, Goliath’s Elegy comprises performance and video, and addresses femicide killings of trans and gay people in South Africa as well as the Herero and Nama massacre conducted by German colonial forces in the 1900s in what is now Namibia. — News Desk, Artforum, 25 Mar. 2026 German colonialism was brutal if also feeble in some cases, but the book leaves little doubt that the Germans conducted a genocide in Namibia, building five concentration camps for the Herero and Nama peoples and killing tens of thousands. — Foreign Affairs, 21 Oct. 2025 The first serious rupture between the Germans and the Herero occurred when a German official’s camel passed between a chief’s villa and the holy fire—a terrible omen. — Aatish Taseer, Travel + Leisure, 13 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for Herero

Word History

First Known Use

1880, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of Herero was in 1880

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