South West Africa en · PROPN
Etymology
Calque of German Südwestafrika, the name of the German colony before it was lost during World War I and put under South African administration.
Meanings
- (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.
Translations (10)
ga an Afraic Thiar Theas (former colony of Germany and then South Africa) · fr Sud-Ouest africain (former colony of Germany and then South Africa) · es África del Sudoeste (former colony of Germany and then South Africa) · et Edela-Aafrika (former colony of Germany and then South Africa) · fi Lounais-Afrikka (former colony of Germany and then South Africa) · pt Sudoeste Africano (former colony of Germany and then South Africa) · sw Afrika ya Kusini Magharibi (former colony of Germany and then South Africa) · nl Zuidwest-Afrika (former colony of Germany and then South Africa) · de Südwestafrika (former colony of Germany and then South Africa) · af Suidwes-Afrika (former colony of Germany and then South Africa)