See Also: Household(money)
household(dictionary)
household articles(medicine)
household 2, adjective(dictionary)
household 1, noun(dictionary)
Household Cavalry, the(dictionary)
Member of household(finance)
Household insurance(finance)
household products(medicine)
Gaborone(tourism)

household 1, noun (oh) and Gaborone (sh)


household 1, noun (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Origin: house + hold 'keeping, maintaining']
all the people who live together in one house
-synonym house house
ĦĦA growing number of households have at least one computer.
ĦĦFamilies are classified by the occupation of the head of the household (=the person who earns the most money and is most respected in a house) .

Gaborone (sh)




formerly (until 1969) Gaberones

City (pop., 2001 prelim.: 185,891), capital of Botswana.

It is located in southeastern Botswana near the border with South Africa. The seat of government was transferred there from Mafikeng, S.Af., in 1965, one year before Botswana became independent of Britain. Gaborone is on the Cape-Zimbabwe railway and is the site of government offices, parliament buildings, Health facilities, a thermal power station, and an airport. It is the seat of the University of Botswana (1976) and also has a national museum and Art gallery (1968).