republic of south africa
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1. a republic at the southernmost part of Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1910; first European settlers were Dutch (known as Boers) (noun.location)
| part holonym | : | kwazulu-natal, natal, |
| definition | : | a region of eastern South Africa on the Indian Ocean (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | capital of south africa, pretoria, |
| definition | : | city in the Transvaal; the seat of the executive branch of the government of South Africa (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | cape town, |
| definition | : | port city in southwestern South Africa; the seat of the legislative branch of the government of South Africa (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | johannesburg, |
| definition | : | city in the northeastern part of South Africa near Pretoria; commercial center for diamond and gold industries (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | kimberley, |
| definition | : | city in central South Africa; center for diamond mining and diamond marketing (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | durban, |
| definition | : | a port city in eastern South Africa on the Indian Ocean; resort and industrial center (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | free state, orange free state, |
| definition | : | a province in central South Africa that was colonized by the Boers; named Free State in 1997 (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | transvaal, |
| definition | : | a province of northeastern South Africa originally inhabited by Africans who spoke Bantu; colonized by the Boers (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | cape colony, cape of good hope province, cape province, |
| definition | : | a former province of southern South Africa that was settled by the Dutch in 1652 and ceded to Great Britain in 1814; in 1994 it was split into three new provinces of South Africa (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | bloemfontein, |
| definition | : | the seat of the supreme court (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | soweto, |
| definition | : | a large collection of African townships to the southwest of Johannesburg in South Africa; inhabited solely by Black Africans (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | kalahari, kalahari desert, |
| definition | : | a desert in southwestern Africa - largely Botswana (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | orange, orange river, |
| definition | : | a river in South Africa that flows generally westward to the Atlantic Ocean (noun.object) |
| part meronym | : | africa, |
| definition | : | the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean (noun.object) |
| member holonym | : | sotho, |
| definition | : | a member of the Bantu people who inhabit Botswana, Lesotho, and northern South Africa and who speak the Sotho languages (noun.person) |
| member holonym | : | batswana, bechuana, tswana, |
| definition | : | a member of a Bantu people living chiefly in Botswana and western South Africa (noun.person) |
| member holonym | : | south african, |
| definition | : | a native or inhabitant of South Africa (noun.person) |
| member holonym | : | xhosa, |
| definition | : | a member of the Negroid people of southern South Africa (noun.person) |
| member meronym | : | british commonwealth, commonwealth of nations, |
| definition | : | an association of nations consisting of the United Kingdom and several former British colonies that are now sovereign states but still pay allegiance to the British Crown (noun.group) |
| domain member region | : | trek, |
| definition | : | a journey by ox wagon (especially an organized migration by a group of settlers) (noun.act) |
| domain member region | : | laager, lager, |
| definition | : | a camp defended by a circular formation of wagons (noun.artifact) |
| domain member region | : | biltong, |
| definition | : | meat that is salted and cut into strips and dried in the sun (noun.food) |
| domain member region | : | pagad, people against gangsterism and drugs, |
| definition | : | a terrorist organization in South Africa formed in 1996 to fight drug lords; evolved into a vigilante group with anti-western views closely allied with Qibla; is believed to have ties to Islamic extremists in the Middle East; is suspected of conducting bouts of urban terrorism (noun.group) |
| domain member region | : | qibla, |
| definition | : | a small terrorist group of Muslims in South Africa formed in the 1980s; was inspired by Ayatollah Khomeini to create an Islamic state in South Africa (noun.group) |
| domain member region | : | kopje, koppie, |
| definition | : | a small hill rising up from the African veld (noun.object) |
| domain member region | : | caffer, caffre, kaffir, kafir, |
| definition | : | an offensive and insulting term for any Black African (noun.person) |
| domain member region | : | mealie, |
| definition | : | an ear of corn (noun.plant) |
| derivation | : | south african, |
| definition | : | of or pertaining to or characteristic of South Africa or its people (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | south african, |
| definition | : | of or pertaining to or characteristic of South Africa or its people (adj.pert) |
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