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South African Standard Time

South African Standard Time proper noun: a time zone, two hours ahead of UTC, observed year-round by the countries of Eswatini, Lesotho and South Africa; UTC+02:00.

Proper noun

South African Standard Time

  1. A time zone, two hours ahead of UTC, observed year-round by the countries of Eswatini, Lesotho and South Africa; UTC+02:00.
    Synonyms:
    SAST

Synonyms of South African Standard Time

Origin of South African Standard Time

From South African (“of, from, or pertaining to South Africa”) + standard time (“time as measured by synchronising clocks in different geographical locations within a specific area to the same time zone”). Coined 1903.

Questions about South African Standard Time

What does South African Standard Time mean?
South African Standard Time means a time zone, two hours ahead of UTC, observed year-round by the countries of Eswatini, Lesotho and South Africa; UTC+02:00.
What part of speech is South African Standard Time?
South African Standard Time is a proper noun.

Words near South African Standard Time in the dictionary

  1. South African ostrich
  2. South African Republic
  3. South African Sign Language
  4. South African springhare
  5. South African springhares
  6. South African Standard Time
  7. South Africanness
  8. South Africans
  9. South Albury
  10. South Algonquin
  11. South Alley

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