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| kraal |
in South Africa, a native village enclosed by a fence or stockade. [1/3 definitions] |
| Lesotho |
a country in southeastern Africa that is surrounded by South Africa. |
| mealie |
in South Africa, corn or maize, or an ear of such. |
| meerkat |
a small mammal with gray and tan fur, related to the mongoose and native to South Africa. |
| Mozambique |
a Southeast African coastal country between South Africa and Tanzania. |
| Namibia |
an African country on the Atlantic coast between South Africa and Angola; formerly South-West Africa. |
| Nelson Mandela |
South African statesman, anti-apartheid activist, and Nobel Peace Prize winner, who was held as a political prisoner for 27 years and became the first democratically elected and first black President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999 (b. 1918). |
| Pretoria |
the administrative capital of South Africa. (Cf. Bloemfontein, Cape Town.) |
| rand2 |
the chief monetary unit of South Africa, equaling one hundred cents. |
| rhebok |
a rare, brownish gray antelope that lives on the rocky hillsides of South Africa. |
| sjambok |
a South African whip made of rhinoceros or hippopotamus hide. [1/2 definitions] |
| South Africa |
a country in the southernmost part of Africa on the Atlantic and Indian Oceans; Union of South Africa. |
| South African |
of or pertaining to South Africa or its people, culture, or the like. [2 definitions] |
| South African Dutch |
the descendants of the Dutch colonists in South Africa; Boers. [1/2 definitions] |
| Swaziland |
a country in southeastern Africa between South Africa and Mozambique, now officially Eswatini. |
| Union of South Africa |
see "South Africa." |
| Walter Sisulu |
South African former Deputy President of the African National Congress and anti-apartheid activist; born Walter Max Ulyate Sisulu (b.1912--d.2003). |
| Xhosa |
a member of one of the Bantu peoples living mainly in Cape Province, South Africa. [1/2 definitions] |
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