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Griquas

Griquas is the plural of Griqua.

Meaning of Griqua

Noun

Griqua (plural Griquas or Griqua)

  1. Any of a subgroup of South Africa's heterogeneous and multiracial black people, originally populating the frontiers of the infant Cape Colony, living as seminomadic commandos of mounted gunmen.

Questions about Griquas

What is Griquas the plural of?
Griquas is the plural of Griqua.

Words near Griquas in the dictionary

  1. griquaites
  2. Griqualand
  3. Griqualander
  4. Griqualanders
  5. griqualandite
  6. Griquas
  7. gris-gris
  8. grisaille
  9. grisailles
  10. Grisales
  11. Grisaleses

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