South Africa

English

Flag of South Africa

Republic of South Africa

Etymology

From Union of South Africa, the country's former official name, referring to its origin from the unification of four formerly separate British colonies.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsaʊθ ˈæf.ɹɪ.kə/
• (General South African) IPA^(key): [sɑɤ̯ˈθɛ̞frɘkə]

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Proper noun

South Africa

1. A country in the southern region of the African continent. Its official name is Republic of South Africa.
2. (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.

Synonyms

(country):

• Republic of South Africa
• Azania
• Soufrica
• SA

Holonyms

• Subsahara

Translations

country

• Afrikaans: Suid-Afrika (af)
• Albanian: Afrika Jugore f
• Amharic: ደቡብ አፍሪካ (däbub ʾäfrika)
• Arabic: جَنُوب إِفْرِيقِيَّا‎ f (janūb ʾifrīqiyyā)
• Armenian: Հարավաֆրիկյան Հանրապետություն (Haravafrikyan Hanrapetutʿyun), Հարավային Աֆրիկա (Haravayin Afrika)
• Asturian: Sudáfrica (ast) f
• Azerbaijani: Cənubi Afrika (az)
• Basque: Hego Afrika
• Bavarian: Sidafrika
• Belarusian: Паўднёва-Афрыка́нская Рэспу́бліка (Paŭdnjova-Afrykánskaja Respúblika), Паўднёвая А́фрыка f (Paŭdnjóvaja Áfryka)
• Bengali: দক্ষিণ আফ্রিকা (bn) (dôkkhin aphrika)
• Breton: Suafrika (br)
• Bulgarian: Ю́жна А́фрика f (Júžna Áfrika)
• Burmese: တောင်အာဖရိက (taung-ahpa.ri.ka.)
• Catalan: Sud-àfrica (ca) f, Àfrica del Sud f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 南非 (naam⁴ fei¹)

  Mandarin: 南非 (zh) (Nánfēi)

  Min Nan: 南非 (Lâm-hui)

• Corsican: Sudafrica m
• Czech: Jihoafrická republika (cs) f
• Danish: Sydafrika (da)
• Dhivehi: ދެކުނު އެފްރިކާ‎ (dv) (dekunu efrikā)
• Dutch: Zuid-Afrika (nl)
• Esperanto: Sud-Afriko (eo)
• Estonian: Lõuna-Aafrika, LAV
• Faroese: Suðurafrika n
• Finnish: Etelä-Afrikka (fi)
• French: Afrique du Sud (fr) f
• Galician: Suráfrica (gl) f, África do Sur (gl) f
• Georgian: სამხრეთ აფრიკის რესპუბლიკა (samxret apriḳis resṗubliḳa), სამხრეთი აფრიკა (samxreti apriḳa)
• German: Südafrika (de) n
• Greek: Νότια Αφρική (el) f (Nótia Afrikí)
• Greenlandic: Afrika Kujalleq
• Hausa: Afirka ta Kudu f
• Hawaiian: ʻApelika Hema
• Hebrew: דְּרוֹם אַפְרִיקָה‎ (drom áfrika)
• Hindi: दक्षिण अफ़्रीका (hi) (dakṣiṇ afrīkā)
• Hungarian: Dél-afrikai Köztársaság (hu)
• Icelandic: Suður-Afríka (is)
• Indonesian: Afrika Selatan (id)
• Interlingua: Africa del Sud
• Italian: Sudafrica (it) m
• Japanese: 南アフリカ (みなみアフリカ, Minami Afurika), 南ア (ja) (なんあ, Nan'a)
• Kazakh: Оңтүстік Африка Республикасы (Oñtüstik Afrïka Respwblïkası), Оңтүстік Африка (Oñtüstik Afrïka)
• Khmer: អាហ្វ្រិកខាងត្បូង (ʼaafrɨk khaang tboung)
• Khoekhoe: ǁHui!gaeb m
• Korean: 남아프리카 (Namapeurika), 남아공 (ko) (Namagong)
• Kven: Etelä-Aafrikka
• Kyrgyz: Түштүк Африка (Tüştük Afrika)
• Lao: ອາຟຣິກາໃຕ້ (ʼāp ri kā tai), ອາຝະລິກາໃຕ້ (ʼā fa li kā tai), ອາຟຣິກໃຕ້ (ʼāp rik tai)
• Latin: Africa Australis f, Africa Meridionalis f
• Latvian: Dienvidāfrika f
• Limburgish: Zuid-Afrika
• Lithuanian: Pietų Afrika f
• Low German:

  Dutch Low Saxon: Zuud-Afrika

  German Low German: Süüdafrika

• Luxembourgish: Südafrika (lb)

• Macedonian: Јужноафриканска Република f (Južnoafrikanska Republika), Јужна Африка (mk) f (Južna Afrika), ЈАР f (JAR)
• Malay: Afrika Selatan
• Maltese: l-Afrika t'Isfel f, is-Sud Afrika f
• Manx: Yn Affrick Yiass
• Maori: Āwherika ki te Tonga
• Mongolian: Өмнөд Африк (Ömnöd Afrik), ӨАБНУ (ÖABNU)
• Navajo: Kéyah Naakai Łizhinii Bikéyah Shádiʼááhjí Siʼánígíí
• Northern Sami: Mátta-Afrihká
• Northern Sotho: Afrika Borwa
• Norwegian: Sør-Afrika (no), Republikken Sør-Afrika

  Nynorsk: Sør-Afrika (nn)

• Pennsylvania German: Saut Afrikaa
• Persian: آفریقای جنوبی‎ (âfriqâ-ye jonubi)
• Polish: RPA (pl) f, Republika Południowej Afryki (pl) f
• Portuguese: África do Sul (pt) f
• Romanian: Africa de Sud (ro) f
• Russian: Ю́жная А́фрика f (Júžnaja Áfrika), Ю́жно-Африка́нская Респу́блика (ru) f (Júžno-Afrikánskaja Respúblika), ЮА́Р (ru) f (JuÁR)
• Sardinian: Sudàfrica m
• Saterland Frisian: Suud-Afrikoa
• Scots: Sooth Africae
• Scottish Gaelic: Afraga a Deas, Poblachd Afraga a Deas
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Јужна Африка f, Јужноафричка Република f

  Roman: Južna Afrika f, Južnoafrička Republika (sh) f

• Sicilian: Àfrica dû Sud f, Sudàfrica m
• Sinhalese: දකුණු අප්‍රිකාව (dakuṇu aprikāwa)
• Slovak: Južná Afrika f
• Slovene: Južna Afrika f
• Somali: Koonfur Afrika
• Sotho: Afrika Borwa (st)
• Spanish: Sudáfrica (es) f
• Swahili: Afrika Kusini (sw)
• Swedish: Sydafrika (sv) n
• Tagalog: Timog Aprika (tl)
• Tajik: Африқои Ҷанубӣ (tg) (Afriqoyi Janubī), ҶАҶ (JAJ), Ҷумҳурии Африқои Ҷанубӣ (Jumhuriyi Afriqoyi Janubī), Ҷумҳурии Ҷануби Африқо (Jumhuriyi Janubi Afriqo)
• Tatar: Көньяк Африка (Kön’yak Afrika)
• Telugu: దక్షిణాఫ్రికా (dakṣiṇāphrikā)
• Thai: แอฟริกาใต้ (th) (ɛ́p-frí-gaa-dtâai)
• Tigrinya: ደቡብ ኣፍሪቃ (däbub ʾafriḳa)
• Tsonga: Afrika-Dzonga
• Tswana: Aforika Borwa
• Turkish: Güney Afrika (tr)
• Turkmen: Günorta Afrika
• Ukrainian: Півде́нно-Африка́нська Респу́бліка f (Pivdénno-Afrykánsʹka Respúblika), Півде́нна А́фрика (uk) f (Pivdénna Áfryka), ПАР f (PAR)
• Urdu: جنوبی افریقہ‎ (janūbī afrīqâ), ساؤتھ افریقہ‎ (sā'uth afrīqâ)
• Uyghur: جەنۇبىي ئافرىقا‎ (jenubiy afriqa)
• Uzbek: Janubiy Ofriqo
• Venda: Afurika Tshipembe
• Vietnamese: Cộng hòa Nam Phi (共和南非), Nam Phi (南非)
• Volapük: Sulüdafrikän
• Welsh: De Affrica
• West Flemish: Zuud-Afrika
• West Frisian: Súd-Afrika
• Xhosa: Mzantsi Afrika
• Yiddish: דרום אַפֿריקע‎ (dorem afrike)
• Yoruba: Ariwa Afirika
• Zealandic: Zuud-Afrika
• Zulu: iNingizimu Afrika

See also

• 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, Zambia, Zimbabwe ^{(Category: en:Countries) [edit]}
• Southern Africa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Republic of South Africa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia