If you look at a 2015 calendar, you might spot that summer begins on June 21st this year. This uses the astronomical seasons, based on the solstices and equinoxes that occur through the year. Seasons occur due to the fact that the Earth is tilted from its axis by 23.5 degrees.
Botswana /bÉtËswÉËnÉ/ , officially the Republic of Botswana (Tswana: Lefatshe la Botswana), is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa. The citizens refer to themselves as Batswana (singular: Motswana).Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name after becoming independent within the Commonwealth on 30 September 1966.Since then, it has maintained a strong tradition of stable representative democracy, with a consistent record of uninterrupted democratic elections.otswana is a member of the African Union, the Southern African Development Community, the Commonwealth of Nations, and the United Nations.
1 KENYA: Modern English name derived from the country name which was derived from the name of a mountain, probably from Kiinyaa, the Wakamba tribe's name for the mountain, meaning mountain of the ostrich, because the mountain is said to have certain features of the ostrich when it is snow-covered. ABILENE: Modern English name derived from Greek AbilÄnÄ, the biblical name of a region belonging to the city of Abila, meaning grassy meadow.. 2  ABUNGU: African Luo name meaning of the forest.. 3  ACHILLEA: Feminine form of Latin Achilleus, possibly meaning he who embodies the grief of the people..