Kaffraria
[ kuh-frair-ee-uh ]
/ kəˈfrɛər i ə /
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noun
a region in the S Republic of South Africa: inhabited mostly by the Xhosa.
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Kaf·frar·i·an, adjective, nounWords nearby Kaffraria
kaffirboom, kaffir corn, Kaffir lily, kaffir lime, kaffiyeh, Kaffraria, Kaffrarian, Kafir, Kafiri, Kafiristan, Kafka
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Kaffraria
/ (kæˈfrɛərɪə) /
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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