 The word "Gaborone" literally means "it does not fit badly" or "it is not unbecoming".The city was then called "Gaberones" by early European settlers.Gaberones, a shortening of "Gaborone's Village", was named after Chief Gaborone of the Tlokwa, whose home village (now called Tlokweng) was across the river from the Government Camp, the name of the colonial government headquarters.