Azania

American  

[uh-zey-nee-uh, uh-zeyn-yuh] / əˈzeɪ ni ə, əˈzeɪn yə /

noun

1. the Indigenous name applied to South Africa by Indigenous Black nationalists or liberationists.

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Azania British  

/ əˈzɑːnjə, əˈzɑːnɪə /

noun

1. another name for South Africa

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Other Word Forms

• Azanian noun

Etymology

Origin of Azania

First recorded in 1700–10; from Latin Azānius “pertaining to a region in Ethiopia or between Kenya and Tanzania, Azanian,” from Greek Azanía

Example Sentences

Some have even suggested changing the country's name to Azania.

From BBC

Back in the 1970s and 1980s and indeed up until the 1994 democratic elections, there were lots of people who assumed liberation from apartheid would bring a change of name to Azania.

From BBC

Every once in a while I wonder if one of these days we might wake up to the news that South Africa has decided to rename itself "Azania".

From BBC

Azania Post reports that some citizens have shown reluctance to register their SIM cards for fear that the program is “a ploy by government to tap people’s phones.”

From Slate

Try telling that to Azania Stewart.

From Washington Post