ǃXu, also ǃXu꞉ba and sometimes ǃXo or ǃXo꞉ba, is a San rendering of the

Khoikhoi Khoikhoi (Help:IPA/English, /ˈkɔɪkɔɪ/ Help:Pronunciation respelling key, ''KOY-koy'') (or Khoekhoe in Namibian orthography) are the traditionally Nomad, nomadic pastoralist Indigenous peoples, indigenous population of South Africa. They ...

word ''ǃKhu'' 'rich' and its derivation ''ǃKhub'' 'rich man, master', which was used by some Christian missionaries to the Khoikhoi to translate the word "Lord" in the Bible. Bleek reports that the

ǂKxʼaoǁʼae ǂKxʼaoǁʼae (English pronunciation: , native pronunciation: ), also rendered ǂKxʼauǁʼein ( ), or Gobabi ǃKung (''Gobabis-ǃXû''), is an eastern dialect of the Southern ǃKung language, spoken in Botswana (the settlements of Groote Laagt ...

rendered the word as ''ǃXo'' and the

Naro Naro ( ) is a ''comune'' in the province of Agrigento, on the island of Sicily, Italy. It is bounded by the comuni of Agrigento, Caltanissetta, Camastra, Campobello di Licata, Canicattì, Castrofilippo, Delia, Favara, Licata, Palma di ...

as ''ǃXu꞉ba'' or ''ǃXo꞉ba'' when repeating things what the Khoikhoi had told them. It has entered the

Juǀʼhoan language Juǀʼhoan ( , ), also known as Southern or Southeastern ǃKung or ǃXun, is the southern variety of the ǃKung dialect continuum, spoken in northeastern Namibia and the Northwest District of Botswana by San Bushmen who largely identify themse ...

as the name of the Christian god. Xu, a crater on Rhea, the second largest moon of Saturn, is named for ǃXu as the supposed "Bushman" Creator.

Cambridge University Press Cambridge University Press was the university press of the University of Cambridge. Granted a letters patent by King Henry VIII in 1534, it was the oldest university press in the world. Cambridge University Press merged with Cambridge Assessme ...

, 2001.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:ǃXu (God) Names of God in Christianity ǀXam mythology

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