noun
a republic at the southernmost part of Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1910; first European settlers were Dutch (known as Boers)
• Syn: ↑South Africa
• Derivationally related forms: ↑South African (for: ↑South Africa)
• Members of this Region:
↑trek, ↑laager, ↑lager, ↑biltong, ↑People against Gangsterism and Drugs, ↑PAGAD, ↑Qibla, ↑kopje, ↑koppie, ↑kaffir, ↑kafir, ↑caffer, ↑caffre, ↑mealie
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑African country, ↑African nation
• Member Holonyms: ↑British Commonwealth, ↑Commonwealth of Nations
• Part Holonyms: ↑Africa
• Part Meronyms:
↑Natal, ↑KwaZulu-Natal, ↑Pretoria, ↑capital of South Africa, ↑Cape Town, ↑Johannesburg, ↑Kimberley, ↑Durban, ↑Free State, ↑Orange Free State, ↑Transvaal, ↑Cape Province, ↑Cape of Good Hope Province, ↑Cape Colony, ↑Bloemfontein, ↑Soweto, ↑Kalahari, ↑Kalahari Desert, ↑Limpopo, ↑Crocodile River, ↑Orange, ↑Orange River
Useful english dictionary. 2012.