Kaffraria

[ kuh-frair-ee-uh ]
/ kəˈfrɛər i ə /

noun

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

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OTHER WORDS FROM Kaffraria

Kaf·frar·i·an, adjective, noun
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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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