Kaffraria

American  

[kuh-frair-ee-uh] / kəˈfrɛər i ə /

noun

1. a region in the S Republic of South Africa: inhabited mostly by the Xhosa.

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Kaffraria British  

/ kæˈfrɛərɪə /

noun

1. a former region of S central South Africa: inhabited chiefly by people then known as the Kaffirs; British Kaffraria was a crown colony established in 1853 in the southwest of the region and annexed to Cape Colony in 1865

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Other Word Forms

• Kaffrarian
  adjective

Example Sentences

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Kaffraria

After three months' stay at the Cape and in its neighbourhood, Le Vaillant started, on the 18th December, 1781, for a first journey eastwards, and in Kaffraria.

From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century by Benett, Léon

In 1865 the province of British Kaffraria was incorporated with the colony, under the title of the Electoral Divisions of King William’s Town and East London.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various

Kaffraria had to be put on a peace footing.

From The Romance of a Pro-Consul Being The Personal Life And Memoirs Of The Right Hon. Sir George Grey, K.C.B. by Milne, James

There was none of the majesty of outline which reaches from Table Bay to Durban, none of the blue mountains of the Colony, nor the deeply wooded table-lands and great inlets of Kaffraria.

From The Congo and Coasts of Africa by Davis, Richard Harding

Paring down on a Budget, Disraeli bethought himself of saving half of the grant for Kaffraria.

From The Romance of a Pro-Consul Being The Personal Life And Memoirs Of The Right Hon. Sir George Grey, K.C.B. by Milne, James