Oshakati
/oʃaˈkati/noun
Oshakati is a city in northern Namibia and the administrative capital of the Oshana Region.
Did you know?Oshakati’s name is associated with the Oshiwambo word oshakati, meaning “middle” or “in-between,” reflecting the region’s flat network of seasonal flood channels called oshanas.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Bantu
Proto-Bantu
*-kati
“Middle or central part; a commonly reconstructed Bantu root”
Early Bantu languages
Bantu
kati
“Middle, center, or between; forms with this root occur across several Bantu languages”
Precolonial period
Oshiwambo
oshakati
“The middle or a place situated between others”
19th–20th Century
Oshiwambo
Oshakati
“A local place-name associated with the central area of the Oshiwambo-speaking region”
Modern English
English
Oshakati
“The city of Oshakati in northern Namibia”