Republic of South Africa

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Republic of South Africa - a republic at the southernmost part of Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1910; first European settlers were Dutch (known as Boers)South Africatrek - a journey by ox wagon (especially an organized migration by a group of settlers)laager, lager - a camp defended by a circular formation of wagonsbiltong - meat that is salted and cut into strips and dried in the sunPAGAD, People against Gangsterism and Drugs - 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 terrorismQibla - 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 AfricaBritish Commonwealth, Commonwealth of Nations - 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 CrownKwaZulu-Natal, Natal - a region of eastern South Africa on the Indian Ocean; "Natal was renamed KwaZulu-Natal in 1994"capital of South Africa, Pretoria - city in the Transvaal; the seat of the executive branch of the government of South AfricaCape Town - port city in southwestern South Africa; the seat of the legislative branch of the government of South AfricaJohannesburg - city in the northeastern part of South Africa near Pretoria; commercial center for diamond and gold industriesKimberley - city in central South Africa; center for diamond mining and diamond marketingDurban - a port city in eastern South Africa on the Indian Ocean; resort and industrial centerOrange Free State, Free State - a province in central South Africa that was colonized by the Boers; named Free State in 1997Transvaal - a province of northeastern South Africa originally inhabited by Africans who spoke Bantu; colonized by the BoersCape Colony, Cape of Good Hope Province, Cape Province - 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 AfricaBloemfontein - the seat of the supreme courtSoweto - a large collection of African townships to the southwest of Johannesburg in South Africa; inhabited solely by Black AfricansKalahari, Kalahari Desert - a desert in southwestern Africa - largely BotswanaAfrica - 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 Oceankopje, koppie - a small hill rising up from the African veldCrocodile River, Limpopo - an African river; flows into the Indian OceanOrange River, Orange - a river in South Africa that flows generally westward to the Atlantic OceanSotho - a member of the Bantu people who inhabit Botswana, Lesotho, and northern South Africa and who speak the Sotho languagesBatswana, Bechuana, Tswana - a member of a Bantu people living chiefly in Botswana and western South AfricaSouth African - a native or inhabitant of South AfricaXhosa - a member of the Negroid people of southern South Africacaffer, caffre, kafir, kaffir - an offensive and insulting term for any Black Africanmealie - an ear of corn

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Republik Südafrika