Racial term

* Hottentot (racial term), both an ethnic term and a term of abuse

Ethnic groups and their languages

* Khoekhoe, the main ethnic group for which ''Hottentot'' was once the usual term in English ** Khoekhoe language *

Khoisan Khoisan , or (), according to the contemporary Khoekhoegowab orthography, is a catch-all term for those indigenous peoples of Southern Africa who do not speak one of the Bantu languages, combining the (formerly "Khoikhoi") and the or ( in t ...

, a wider ethnic group including the Khoikhoi for which ''Hottentot'' was also widely used ** Khoisan language * Hottentot Venus, term used for at least two Khoikhoi women exhibited as freak-show attractions in nineteenth-century Europe

Species of animals and plants

Hottentot (fish) ''Pachymetopon blochii'', the hottentot seabream or hottentot, is a species of sea bream in the family Sparidae, native to the southwestern coast of Africa. Description ''Pachymetopon blochii'' has a bronzy grey color, with darker fins. The sma ...

, a species of sea bream *

Africanis The Africanis is a dog landrace found across southern Africa. Description As is typical with landraces, there are several regional variations, believed to be the result of isolation and, to a limited degree, deliberate breeding. Some modern w ...

, a landrace of dog sometimes called 'Hottentot hunting dogs' * '' Carpobrotus edulis'', commonly known as 'hottentot-fig' * ''

Trachyandra ''Trachyandra'' is a genus of plant in the family Asphodelaceae, subfamily Asphodeloideae,Stevens, P.F. (2001 onwards)"Asphodeloideae" ''Angiosperm Phylogeny Website'', retrieved 2016-06-10 first described as a genus in 1843. It is native to eas ...

'', commonly known as 'hottentot cabbage' *

Blue-billed teal The blue-billed teal, spotted teal or Hottentot teal (''Spatula hottentota'') is a species of dabbling duck of the genus ''Spatula''. It is migratory resident in eastern and southern Africa, from Sudan and Ethiopia west to Niger and Nigeria and ...

, a species of bird sometimes called the 'Hottentot teal' * ''

Hottentotta ''Hottentotta'' is a genus of scorpions of the family Buthidae. It is distributed widely across Africa, except for most of the Sahara desert. Species in the genus also occur in the Middle East, the Arabian Peninsula, southeastern Turkey, Iraq, I ...

'', a genus of scorpion

Organisations

* Cape Corps, formerly Hottentot Corps, the first Coloured unit to be formed in the South African army *

Terre Haute Hottentots The Terre Haute Hottentots were a Minor League Baseball team from Terre Haute, Indiana, that played in the Northwestern League in 1891, Illinois–Iowa League in 1892, Western Interstate League in 1895, Western League in 1895, Class C Central ...

, a baseball team

Artworks

* '' The Hottentot'', a 1922 film based on a 1920 Broadway play of the same title * '' The Hottentot'', a 1929 film * '' Hottentottilaulu'' ("The Hottentot Song"), a Finnish song {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages