Kaffraria

American  

[kuh-frair-ee-uh] / kəˈfrɛər i ə /

noun

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

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Kaffraria British  

/ kæˈfrɛərɪə /

noun

1. 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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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• Kaffrarian
  adjective

Example Sentences

As matters stood it was useless to attempt to penetrate into the mountainous districts of Kaffraria, and Le Vaillant retraced his steps.

From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century by Benett, Léon

One excursion after another was now made in various directions, until Kaffraria was entered.

From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century by Benett, Léon

After three months' stay at the Cape and in its neighbourhood, Le Vaillant started, on the 18th December, 1781, for a first journey eastwards, and in Kaffraria.

From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century by Benett, Léon

The Gaikas, whose locations occupied the whole northern half of British Kaffraria, the Hlambi clans, who held the rugged country along the eastern slopes of the Amatola Mountains, were all up in arms.

From 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War by Mitford, Bertram

Most of the guenons inhabit the central regions of Africa; but they are not exclusively tropical, since several kinds belong to Kaffraria, and that region indefinitely called the Cape of Good Hope.

From Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys by Harvey, William