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South West Africa   /saʊθ wɛst ˈæfrəkə/   Listen
South West Africa

noun
1.
A republic in southwestern Africa on the south Atlantic coast (formerly called South West Africa); achieved independence from South Africa in 1990; the greater part of Namibia forms part of the high Namibian plateau of South Africa.  Synonyms: Namibia, Republic of Namibia.






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"South West Africa" Quotes from Famous Books



... against the British. That was in Flanders. Britain, at the same time she was fighting in Flanders, had also at various times shared in the fighting in Russia, Kiaochau, New Guinea, Samoa, Mesopotamia, Palestine, Egypt, the Sudan, Cameroons, Togoland, East Africa, South West Africa, Saloniki, Aden, Persia, and the northwest frontier of India. Britain cleared twelve hundred thousand square miles of the enemy in German colonies. While fighting in Mesopotamia, her soldiers were reconstructing at the ...
— A Straight Deal - or The Ancient Grudge • Owen Wister



Words linked to "South West Africa" :   Windhoek, Namib Desert, Namibian, African country, Herero, Africa, Kalahari Desert, African nation, Kalahari



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