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

• Kaffrarian adjective

Example Sentences

Paring down on a Budget, Disraeli bethought himself of saving half of the grant for Kaffraria.

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British Kaffraria, Griqualand East and Griqualand West were examples of this policy, which is still represented, not unsuccessfully, by the great protected area of Basutoland.

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Kaffraria had to be put on a peace footing.

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At that time the Transkei was in a state of simmer, and the same might be said of the tribes inhabiting British Kaffraria.

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Kaffraria was in a ferment, and a wave of destruction might roll from it across Cape Colony.

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