Dingaan

/ ˈdɪŋɡɑːn /

noun

Dingaan1840MZuluPOLITICS: chief died 1840, Zulu chief (1828–40), who fought the Boer colonists in Natal

On the 16th of December we celebrated Dingaan's Day in a solemn manner.

They were through, and behind them like the voice of hounds that hunt swelled the cry of the war-dogs of Dingaan.

Dingaan's Day with its memories of happy rejoicings once more arrived.

This is Dingaan's Day, the great national festival of the Boers.

But its victories over Dingaan's armies were feats of arms as remarkable as any South Africa has seen.

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