Namaqualand

[nuh-mah-kwuh-land]

noun

1. an arid coastal region in the S part of Namibia, extending into the Cape of Good Hope province of the Republic of South Africa, divided by the Orange River into two regions, one in Namibia Great Namaqualand, the other in South Africa Little Namaqualand: inhabited by the Nama.

Namaqualand

/ nəˈmɑːkwəˌlænd /

noun

1. Also called: Namaland. a semiarid coastal region of SW Africa, extending from near Windhoek, Namibia, into W South Africa: divided by the Orange River into Little Namaqualand in South Africa, and Great Namaqualand in Namibia; rich mineral resources. Area: 47 961 sq km (18 518 sq miles)

Example Sentences

In Kamieskroon, a small town in the centre of South Africa's Namaqualand region, the rolling hills have become a haven for poachers.

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Right now, with the hashtag #Namaqualand, you can still see their photos popping up on Instagram.

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Just five hours north of Capetown, visitors drive along the Namaqualand Flower Route to enjoy the show across a number of national parks, including Richtersveld National Park, Goegap Nature Reserve and Skilpad Wild Flower Reserve.

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Namaqualand isn’t the only place for desert flowers.

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Still, “most every year is a wildflower year in Namaqualand,” said Philip Rundel, an ecologist who studies desert plants at the University of California, Los Angeles — and that’s because of rain.

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