Kaffraria

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/kæˈfrɛərɪə/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(kə frâr′ē ə)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
Kaf•frar•i•a  (kə frâr′ē ə),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Place Namesa region in the S Republic of South Africa: inhabited mostly by the Xhosa.
Kaf•frar′i•an, adj., n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Kaffraria /kæˈfrɛərɪə/ n
  1. a former region of S central South Africa: inhabited chiefly by people then known as the Kaffirs; British Kaffraria was a crown colony established in 1853 in the southwest of the region and annexed to Cape Colony in 1865
USAGE: See Kaffir
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