name
Xhoma
KHO-mah
ˈxɔːmɑListen
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Syllable breakdown
Xhoma
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Khoisan/San (Southern Africa)
- Meaning
- a feminine name from the San tradition evoking the healing power associated with San women who play central roles in community life and in the maintenance of relationships with the spirit world; the San trance dance, performed by both men and women, is among the most ancient spiritual practices in the world, with rock art depicting its imagery found across southern Africa and dated to tens of thousands of years ago; San women's names often reference healing, water, tubers, and the gathering knowledge that sustains communities through the seasonal aridity of the Kalahari and the Namib desert margins
- Gender
- female
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