Azania

[uh-zey-nee-uh, uh-zeyn-yuh]

noun

the indigenous name applied to South Africa by indigenous black nationalists or liberationists.

Related formsA·za·ni·an, noun, adjective

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Here also is Smyrnophora, or the region of myrrh; after which is Azania, producing many elephants.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume VII
Robert Kerr

British Dictionary definitions for azania

Azania

noun

another name for South Africa

Word Origin for Azania

perhaps from Arabic Adzan East Africa

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