name
Mmabatho
mm-ah-BAH-toh
mˌmɑˈbɑːtɔListen
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Syllable breakdown
Mmabatho
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Pedi/Northern Sotho (South Africa)
- Meaning
- a Northern Sotho name meaning mother of the nation; a name of exceptional honour and civic resonance, implying that the child is destined to nurture and sustain her people; also the name of the capital of the former Bophuthatswana homeland, giving it additional layers of political and historical meaning in post-apartheid South Africa
- Gender
- female
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