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Namaqualand

Namaqualand proper noun: an arid region of Namibia and Northern Cape province, South Africa, divided by the lower course of the Orange River into two portions: Little Namaqualand to the south and Great Namaqualand to the north.

Proper noun

Namaqualand

  1. An arid region of Namibia and Northern Cape province, South Africa, divided by the lower course of the Orange River into two portions: Little Namaqualand to the south and Great Namaqualand to the north.

Origin of Namaqualand

From Namaqua + land.

Words formed from Namaqualand

  • Namaqualand daisy

Questions about Namaqualand

What does Namaqualand mean?
Namaqualand means an arid region of Namibia and Northern Cape province, South Africa, divided by the lower course of the Orange River into two portions: Little Namaqualand to the south and Great Namaqualand to the north.
What part of speech is Namaqualand?
Namaqualand is a proper noun.

Words near Namaqualand in the dictionary

  1. namansilite
  2. Namantao
  3. Namaqua
  4. Namaqua rock rat
  5. Namaqua rock rats
  6. Namaqualand
  7. Namasagali
  8. Namasia
  9. namaskar
  10. namaskars
  11. namaste

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