South Africa
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Union of South Africa, the country's former official name, referring to its origin from the unification of four formerly separate British colonies.
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): /ˌsaʊθ ˈæf.ɹɪ.kə/
- (General South African) IPA(key): [sɑɤ̯ˈθɛ̞frɘkə]
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Proper nounEdit
- A country in the southern region of the African continent. Its official name is Republic of South Africa.
- (now nonstandard) Southern Africa
- 1901 March 15, The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record[1], volume 4, number 1, page 1:
- With the exception of the Portuguese Colonies, the Journal is franked to all parts of South Africa.
SynonymsEdit
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HolonymsEdit
TranslationsEdit
country
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Republic of South Africa — see Republic of South Africa
See alsoEdit
- Appendix:Countries of the world
- (countries of Africa) countries of Africa; Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe (Category: en:Countries) [edit]
- Southern Africa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Republic of South Africa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia