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Griqualand

Griqualand proper noun: various parts of South Africa where the Griqua people established communities, including Griqualand East (the area around Kokstad on KwaZulu-Natal's frontier with the Eastern Cape) and Griqualand West (the area around Kimberley).

Proper noun

Griqualand

  1. Various parts of South Africa where the Griqua people established communities, including Griqualand East (the area around Kokstad on KwaZulu-Natal's frontier with the Eastern Cape) and Griqualand West (the area around Kimberley).

Origin of Griqualand

From Griqua + -land.

Words formed from Griqualand

Questions about Griqualand

What does Griqualand mean?
Griqualand means various parts of South Africa where the Griqua people established communities, including Griqualand East (the area around Kokstad on KwaZulu-Natal's frontier with the Eastern Cape) and Griqualand West (the area around Kimberley).
What part of speech is Griqualand?
Griqualand is a proper noun.

Words near Griqualand in the dictionary

  1. gription
  2. gripy
  3. Griqua
  4. griquaite
  5. griquaites
  6. Griqualand
  7. Griqualander
  8. Griqualanders
  9. griqualandite
  10. Griquas
  11. gris-gris

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