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Basterland

Basterland proper noun: another name for Rehoboth, a bantustan in South West Africa (present-day Namibia), intended by the apartheid government to be a self-governing homeland for the Baster people in the area around the town of Rehoboth.

Proper noun

Basterland

  1. (historical) Another name for Rehoboth, a bantustan in South West Africa (present-day Namibia), intended by the apartheid government to be a self-governing homeland for the Baster people in the area around the town of Rehoboth.

Questions about Basterland

What does Basterland mean?
Basterland means another name for Rehoboth, a bantustan in South West Africa (present-day Namibia), intended by the apartheid government to be a self-governing homeland for the Baster people in the area around the town of Rehoboth.
What part of speech is Basterland?
Basterland is a proper noun.

Words near Basterland in the dictionary

  1. bastees
  2. bastegh
  3. baster
  4. basterd
  5. basterds
  6. Basterland
  7. basters
  8. bastes
  9. bastes up
  10. Bastet
  11. basti

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