Where does “Namibia” come from?

Namibia is an English place name formed with the Latin suffix -ia, derived from Ancient Greek -ία, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -h₂.

Ancestry of “Namibia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnamibA desert on the far southwestern coast of Africa, predominantly in Namibia
2Namanamibdesert; vast wasteland

Words derived from “Namibia”

Every word from Nama namib →Every word from English namib →
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