Griqua
/ˈɡriːkwə
/noun (plural same or Griquas)
A member of a people of mixed European and Khoikhoi origin, living mainly in the Eastern and Western Cape provinces of South Africa: [as modifier]: set out with Griqua guides...
- Diamonds were found in 1867-8, in an area occupied by Griquas, Koranmas, and some Afrikaners.
- The Griqua were to see little of the wealth that was to be generated from the enormous diamond mines.
- He was a remarkable leader whose vision has guided and united the Griqua people for 100 years.
Origin
The name in Nama.
Rhymes
- water-retentive
- water retting
- water rice
- water right
- water-rocket
- water room
- water rot
- watersail
- water salamander
- water sand
- water sapphire
- waterscape
- water scorpion
- water scorpion-grass
- water-screw
- water seal
- water serpent
- Waters, Ethel
- water shaft
- watershed
- water shelf
- water shield
- water ship
- water shoot
- water shrew