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South-West Africa

South-West Africa is the alternative spelling of South West Africa.

Meaning of South West Africa

Proper noun

South West Africa

  1. (historical) A former German colony (before World War I) and later a South African colony (from 1915 to 1990, illegally occupied after 1966 per United Nations stipulations) in Southern Africa; modern Namibia.

Questions about South-West Africa

What is South-West Africa the alternative spelling of?
South-West Africa is the alternative spelling of South West Africa.

Words near South-West Africa in the dictionary

  1. south-southwesterly
  2. south-southwestern
  3. south-southwestward
  4. south-southwestwards
  5. south-west
  6. South-West Africa
  7. south-wester
  8. south-westerlies
  9. south-westerly
  10. south-western
  11. south-wests

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Adapted from Wiktionary: South-West Africa (page history and authors); South West Africa (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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