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, 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), a species of sea bream
Africanis, a landrace of dog sometimes called 'Hottentot hunting dogs'
Carpobrotus edulis, commonly known as 'hottentot-fig'
Trachyandra, commonly known as 'hottentot cabbage'
Blue-billed teal, a species of bird sometimes called the 'Hottentot teal'
Hottentotta, 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, a baseball team