Azania

American  

[uh-zey-nee-uh, uh-zeyn-yuh] / əˈzeɪ ni ə, əˈzeɪn yə /

noun

1. the Indigenous name applied to South Africa by Indigenous Black nationalists or liberationists.

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Azania British  

/ əˈzɑːnjə, əˈzɑːnɪə /

noun

1. another name for South Africa

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Other Word Forms

• Azanian noun

Etymology

Origin of Azania

First recorded in 1700–10; from Latin Azānius “pertaining to a region in Ethiopia or between Kenya and Tanzania, Azanian,” from Greek Azanía

Example Sentences

Some have even suggested changing the country's name to Azania.

From BBC • Oct. 11, 2025

Great Britain player Azania Stewart broke down in tears when talking about the future for her sport in a recent BBC Sport interview.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2015

Ishmaelia Azania Buranda Kangan In which novel does an "alarmingly modern young man" work for the periodical The Current?

From The Guardian • Nov. 29, 2012

The setting is the fictional island of Pharamaul, a British protectorate, which recalls Azania, the island invented by Novelist Evelyn Waugh as a basis for his superb and little-remembered tragic farce about Abyssinia, Black Mischief.

From Time Magazine Archive

At Aromata, the Barbaria of the ancients, or the Adel of the moderns, terminates; and the coast of Azania, or Agan, begins.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 18 Historical Sketch of the Progress of Discovery, Navigation, and Commerce, from the Earliest Records to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, By William Stevenson by Stevenson, William