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Kafir

One of a race which, with the Hottentots and Bushmen, inhabit South Africa. They inhabit the country north of Cape Colony, the name being now specifically applied to the tribes living between Cape Colony and Natal; but the Zulus of Natal are true Kaffirs.

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Afghan 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Afghanistan.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Caffre 92% connected

See Kaffir.

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Kaffir 92% connected

Alt. of Kafir

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Amphiscians n. pl. · 78% connection

The inhabitants of the tropic, whose shadows in one part of the year are cast to the north, and in the other to the south, according a…

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Appellative noun · 78% connection

A common name, in distinction from a proper name. A common name, or appellative, stands for a whole class, genus, or species of beings…

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Berber noun · 78% connection

A member of a race somewhat resembling the Arabs, but often classed as Hamitic, who were formerly the inhabitants of the whole of Nort…

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Bird of paradise noun · 78% connection

ornamental plant of tropical South Africa and South America having stalks of orange and purplish-blue flowers resembling a bird

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Bloodflower noun · 78% connection

A genus of bulbous plants, natives of Southern Africa, named Haemanthus, of the Amaryllis family. The juice of H. toxicarius is used b…

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Buffalo noun · 78% connection

A very large and savage species of the same genus (B. Caffer) found in South Africa; -- called also Cape buffalo.

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Bulrush noun · 78% connection

tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down; its long flat leaves are used…

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Bushman noun · 78% connection

One of a race of South African nomads, living principally in the deserts, and not classified as allied in race or language to any othe…

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Cat's-tail noun · 78% connection

tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down; its long flat leaves are used…

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Cathay noun · 78% connection

China; -- an old name for the Celestial Empire, said have been introduced by Marco Polo and to be a corruption of the Tartar name for…

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Colonize verb · 78% connection

To remove to, and settle in, a distant country; to make a colony.

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Colony noun · 78% connection

A company of persons from the same country sojourning in a foreign city or land; as, the American colony in Paris.

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Coly noun · 78% connection

Any bird of the genus Colius and allied genera. They inhabit Africa.

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Constantia noun · 78% connection

A superior wine, white and red, from Constantia, in Cape Colony.

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Crocodile noun · 78% connection

A large reptile of the genus Crocodilus, of several species. They grow to the length of sixteen or eighteen feet, and inhabit the larg…

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Cyclops n. sing. & pl. · 78% connection

One of a race of giants, sons of Neptune and Amphitrite, having but one eye, and that in the middle of the forehead. They were fabled…

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Dependency noun · 78% connection

A territory remote from the kingdom or state to which it belongs, but subject to its dominion; a colony; as, Great Britain has its dep…

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Eland noun · 78% connection

A species of large South African antelope (Oreas canna). It is valued both for its hide and flesh, and is rapidly disappearing in the…

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