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SOUTH AFRICAN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of South Africa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("South African" is a kind of...):

African (a native or inhabitant of Africa)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "South African"):

Afrikander; Afrikaner; Boer (a white native of Cape Province who is a descendant of Dutch settlers and who speaks Afrikaans)

Holonyms ("South African" is a member of...):

Republic of South Africa; South Africa (a republic at the southernmost part of Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1910; first European settlers were Dutch (known as Boers))

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or pertaining to or characteristic of South Africa or its people

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

South Africa (a republic at the southernmost part of Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1910; first European settlers were Dutch (known as Boers))

Derivation:

South Africa (a republic at the southernmost part of Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1910; first European settlers were Dutch (known as Boers))

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