Caprivi Strip

American  

[kuh-pree-vee] / kəˈpri vi /

noun

1. a strip of land in NE Namibia that extends E between Botswana on the S and Angola and Zambia on the N to the Zambezi River. 280 miles (450 km) long, 20–65 miles (32–105 km) wide.

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Example Sentences

We passed by the Caprivi Strip, a panhandle in Namibia, crossing back and forth into Namibian waters as we cruised by troops of baboons and seemingly endless water lilies.

From New York Times

On Namibia’s northern Caprivi Strip across the Chobe River from Chobe National Park in Botswana lies the new Chobe Water Villas, a collection of 16 stilt-supported suites with generous terraces on the water and rear terraces facing the bush.

From New York Times

Some 850 Bushmen are organized into a separate battalion of the South West Africa Territory Force headquartered at Omega, a base camp in Namibia's northeastern Caprivi Strip.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the largely "pacified" Caprivi Strip, some 60% of the South African security forces are now made up of local blacks serving under white officers.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the Caprivi Strip, three South African officers were killed in a rocket attack on their car.

From Time Magazine Archive