South African en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˌsaʊθˈaf.ɹɪ.kən/
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Etymology
From South Africa + -an.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of, from, or pertaining to South Africa, or the South African people.
Thus far, virtually every cinematic attempt to convey the outrages of South African life under apartheid has been diminished by its own good intentions and by a grim sameness that eradicates any element of surprise.
1989 September 20, Janet Maslin, “Review/Film; Sutherland Catches On To Apartheid Slowly”, in The New York Times:He also had Ramaphosa sit through a video montage that included a clip of a demonstration featuring white crosses symbolizing South African farmers who were killed.
2025 May 21, Daniel Dale, “Fact check: Trump’s false suggestion of a ‘genocide’ against White farmers in South Africa”, in CNN:
Deriveds
South African ostrich · South African English · South African Standard Time · South African springhare
Synonyms
Translations (38)
nl Zuid-Afrikaans (of, from, or pertaining to South Africa) · ga Afracach Theas (of, from, or pertaining to South Africa) · nn sørafrikansk (of, from, or pertaining to South Africa) · cs jihoafrický (of, from, or pertaining to South Africa) · fi eteläafrikkalainen (of, from, or pertaining to South Africa) · pl południowoafrykański (of, from, or pertaining to South Africa) · sh južnoàfričkī (of, from, or pertaining to South Africa) · es sudafricano (of, from, or pertaining to South Africa) · sk juhoafrický (of, from, or pertaining to South Africa) · uk південноафрика́нський (of, from, or pertaining to South Africa) · ast surafricanu (of, from, or pertaining to South Africa) · gl surafricano (of, from, or pertaining to South Africa) · de südafrikanisch (of, from, or pertaining to South Africa) · nb sørafrikansk (of, from, or pertaining to South Africa) · pt sul-africano (of, from, or pertaining to South Africa) · sl južnoafriški (of, from, or pertaining to South Africa) · ro sud-african (of, from, or pertaining to South Africa) · lv dienvidāfrikas (of, from, or pertaining to South Africa) · cy De-Affricanaidd (of, from, or pertaining to South Africa) · fr sud-africain (of, from, or pertaining to South Africa) · ast sudafricanu (of, from, or pertaining to South Africa) · sh јужноа̀фричкӣ (of, from, or pertaining to South Africa) · it sudafricano (of, from, or pertaining to South Africa) · sw Kiafrika Kusini (of, from, or pertaining to South Africa) · bn দক্ষিণ আফ্রিকীয় (of, from, or pertaining to South Africa) · ca sud-africà (of, from, or pertaining to South Africa) · fo suðurafrikanskur (of, from, or pertaining to South Africa) · be паўднёваафрыка́нскі (of, from, or pertaining to South Africa) · hu dél-afrikai (of, from, or pertaining to South Africa) · da sydafrikansk (of, from, or pertaining to South Africa) · mk јужноафрикански (of, from, or pertaining to South Africa) · bg южноафрика́нски (of, from, or pertaining to South Africa) · sh južnoafrikanski (of, from, or pertaining to South Africa) · ru южноафрика́нский (of, from, or pertaining to South Africa) · is suðurafrískur (of, from, or pertaining to South Africa) · sh јужноафрикански (of, from, or pertaining to South Africa) · lv dienvidāfrikānis (of, from, or pertaining to South Africa) · hi दक्षिण अफ़्रीकी (of, from, or pertaining to South Africa)