Khama is the name of the
royal family
A royal family is the immediate family of kings/queens, emirs/emiras, sultans/ sultanas, or raja/ rani and sometimes their extended family. The term imperial family appropriately describes the family of an emperor or empress, and the term ...
of the
Bamangwato people of
Botswana. As such, it may refer to:
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Khama III (1837? – 1923), ''kgosi'' (chief/king) of the Bamangwato people of Bechuanaland (now Botswana)
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Semane Setlhoko Khama
Semane Setlhoko Khama (1881–1937) was a mohumagadi (Queen mothers (Africa), queen mother) of the BaNgwato chieftaincy in the Bechuanaland Protectorate. Educated in a missionary school, she became a teacher and upon her marriage to Khama III cont ...
(1881 – 1937), ''mohumagadi'' (queen) of the Bamangwato people of Bechuanaland, fourth wife of Khama III
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Tshekedi Khama
Tshekedi Khama (17 September 1905 – 10 June 1959) was the regent-king of the Bamangwato tribe in 1926 after the death of Sekgoma II.
Background
Tshekedi Khama was born in Serowe, the son of Khama III, known as Khama the Great, by his fourth wi ...
(1905 – 1959), regent of the Bamangwato tribe in 1926 after the death of Sekgoma II
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Seretse Khama (1921 – 1980), the first President of Botswana, in office from 1966 to 1980
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Sir Seretse Khama International Airport
Sir Seretse Khama International Airport , located north of downtown Gaborone, is the main international airport of the capital city of Botswana. The airport is named after Sir Seretse Khama, the first president of Botswana. It was opened in 1984 ...
, named after the above
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Ruth Williams Khama (1923 – 2002), wife of Seretse Khama, First Lady of Botswana from 1966 to 1980
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Ian Khama (1953), first-born son of Seretse and Ruth Williams Khama and President of Botswana from 2008 to 2018
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Tshekedi Khama II
Tshekedi Stanford Khama (born 9 June 1958) is a Botswana politician. He is currently Member of Parliament for Serowe West, representing the Botswana Patriotic Front.
Biography
Khama is one of four children of the first President of Botswana, S ...
(1958), son of Seretse and Ruth Williams Khama and a former Botswana MP
Other people with this name:
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Khama Billiat
Khama Billiat (born 19 August 1990) is a Zimbabwean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for South African Premier Division club Kaizer Chiefs.
Club career CAPS United FC
Billiat first played for CAPS United FC under coach Lloyd ...
, a Zimbabwean professional footballer
In astronomy,
1357 Khama is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 2, 1935 by
Cyril Jackson.
Khama can also be a transliteration of Hebrew חַמָּה (''chammah''), meaning "heat"/"rage". When used as a proper noun, it can refer to both
Mercury
Mercury commonly refers to:
* Mercury (planet), the nearest planet to the Sun
* Mercury (element), a metallic chemical element with the symbol Hg
* Mercury (mythology), a Roman god
Mercury or The Mercury may also refer to:
Companies
* Merc ...
as well as the
Sun.
See also
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Karma, called "kamma" in Pali
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Kama, another concept from Indian religious thought
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Kamma (disambiguation)
Kamma may refer to:
*Kamma (caste), a caste or social group found largely in Southern India
*Kamma, India, village in Punjab, India
*The Pali and Ardhamagadhi term for karma
*Bava Kamma, a traditional Jewish civil law procedure (1st volume of Nezi ...
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Cama (disambiguation)
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Qama, a short Persian sword
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Kahma, an Indian village
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Pentti Kahma, a retired discus thrower from Finland
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Kham
Kham (; )
is one of the three traditional Tibetan regions, the others being Amdo in the northeast, and Ü-Tsang in central Tibet. The original residents of Kham are called Khampas (), and were governed locally by chieftains and monasteries. Kham ...
, a historical region of Tibet
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Khamag Mongol, a major Mongolic tribal confederation in the 12th century
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Khamaj
Khamaj () is a Hindustani classical Music raga within the Khamaj thaat which is named after it.
Many ghazals and thumris are based on Khamaj. It utilises the shuddha (pure) form of Ni on the ascent, and the komala (flat) form of Ni on the desce ...
, a parent scale in Hindustani music
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Khamal (disambiguation) Khamal may refer to:
* Mohamed Khamal (born 1990), Moroccan-Dutch kickboxer
* Kamahl (born 1934), Australian singer
See also
* Kamal (disambiguation)
Kamal may refer to:
*Kamal (name), a male given name and surname with multiple origins
*Kamal ...
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Khaman, an Indian dish
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Khamar
Sanaa ( ar, صَنْعَاء '), also spelled San'a or Sana, is a governorate of Yemen. Its capital is Sanaa, which is also the national capital. However, the city of Sanaa is not part of the governorate but instead forms the separate governorat ...
, a village in Yemen
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Khamar Monastery
Khamar Monastery ( mn, Хамарын хийд, ''Khamar Khiid''), founded in 1820, was an important Red Hat sect Buddhist monastic, cultural, and education center in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert region until its destruction in 1937. It was rebuilt i ...
, a Buddhist center in Mongolia
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Khamas, Khuzestan
Khamas ( fa, خماس, also Romanized as Khamās and Khammās) is a village in Shoaybiyeh-ye Gharbi Rural District, Shadravan District, Shushtar County, Khuzestan Province, Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and ...
, an Iranian village
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Khamas (raga), a Carnatic music scale
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Birkat Hakhama, a Jewish blessing thanking God for creating the sun
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Khame Mi
Khame Mi ( my, ခမည်းမိ, ) was the first chief queen consort of King Swa Saw Ke of Ava. She is regarded as the mother of King Tarabya, the successor of Swa, by the standard Burmese chronicles despite inscriptional evidence to the c ...
, the first chief queen consort of King Swa Saw Ke of the Ava Kingdom
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Khami, the now-ruined capital of the pre-colonial Kingdom of Butua
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Khamir (disambiguation)
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Khamis (disambiguation)
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Khamo, a village in Myanmar
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Khamachon, an Indian village
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Khamaneh
Khamaneh ( fa, خامنه; also Romanized as Khāmeneh, Khamaneh, and Khāmneh; also known as Khumla and Khumna) is a city in the Central District of Shabestar County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran; and at the distance of 72 km from Tabriz. At th ...
, an Iranian city
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Khammam, an Indian city
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Khammu/Khmu, an ethnic group of Southeast Asia
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Ayya Khema, a Buddhist teacher
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Khoma
Khoma is a progressive and alternative metal musical group from Sweden (Umeå). Some of its members also play with Cult of Luna
Cult of Luna is a Swedish heavy metal band from Umeå founded in 1998. They are known for post-metal music simil ...
, a progressive/alternative metal musical group from Sweden
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Khamsa (disambiguation)
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Kshama Sawant
Kshama Sawant (; born October 17, 1973) is an Indian-American politician and economist who has served on the Seattle City Council since 2014. She is a member of Socialist Alternative (United States), Socialist Alternative, the first and only mem ...
, an American socialist politician
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Khanna (disambiguation)
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