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Koevoet

Koevoet proper noun: a specialized South African police unit during the apartheid era that operated primarily in what is now Namibia.

Proper noun

Koevoet (uncountable)

  1. (historical) A specialized South African police unit during the apartheid era that operated primarily in what is now Namibia.

Origin of Koevoet

Borrowed from Afrikaans Koevoet.

Questions about Koevoet

What does Koevoet mean?
Koevoet means a specialized South African police unit during the apartheid era that operated primarily in what is now Namibia.
What part of speech is Koevoet?
Koevoet is a proper noun.

Words near Koevoet in the dictionary

  1. Koetting
  2. Koettings
  3. Koettstorfer
  4. Koettstorfer value
  5. Koettstorfer values
  6. Koevoet
  7. KOF
  8. kofar
  9. kofars
  10. kofer
  11. koff

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