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1939 JC. Discovered 1939 May 15 by C. Jackson at Johannesburg.
Name of a tribe of native peoples of the Cape Province who early came into contact with the white people. Nowadays the name Xosa is spelled Xhosa. (M 909; I. van Houten-Groeneveld)
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(2003). (1506) Xosa. In: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_1507
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