Kaffraria

[kuh-frair-ee-uh]

noun

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

Related formsKaf·frar·i·an, adjective, noun

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Historical Examples of kaffraria

Kaffraria is one of the most fertile regions in South Africa.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 6
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Unlike Zulus, the natives throughout Kaffraria live in colonies.
Seven Legs Across the Seas
Samuel Murray
One of the tribes of Kaffraria is the Fingo, a good native for the mines.
Seven Legs Across the Seas
Samuel Murray
Southeast of Cradock is Kaffraria, at one time a separate colony.
Seven Legs Across the Seas
Samuel Murray
These confine their labours principally to British Kaffraria and Kafirland.
Robert Moffat
David J. Deane

British Dictionary definitions for kaffraria

Kaffraria

noun

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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