Boeri

Also known as Boers, Afrikaners, Dutch South African farmer

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Boers are descendants of Dutch-speaking settlers who lived on the frontier of the Cape Colony in Southern Africa from the 17th through 19th centuries, with the name deriving from the Dutch and Afrikaans word for "farmer." They matter historically because they represent an important population group whose settlement patterns and experiences shaped the colonial and political development of Southern Africa during a formative period under Dutch and later British rule.

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Ethnic group.group: Boers
Ethnic group.image: Boerfamily1886.jpg
Ethnic group.image_upright: 1.2
Ethnic group.caption: Boer family in 1886
Ethnic group.languages: Afrikaans
Ethnic group.religions: Protestant Christianity

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: ethnic group
Subclass of: Dutch
Named after: agriculture in the Netherlands
Religion: Reformed Christianity
Population: 1500000
Image: Boerfamily1886.jpg
Said to be same as: Afrikaners

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described by source: Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
Commons category: Boers
native label: Boere
language used: Dutch
ancestral home: Netherlands
foods traditionally associated: Dutch cuisine
history of topic: Dutch East India Company

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Article · Italiano

I boeri (dall'olandese boer, AFI: [buːr], traducibile letteralmente in "contadino" o "fattore") sono una popolazione sudafricana di origine per lo più olandese, ma anche francese, tedesca e britannica, di lingua Afrikaans e, tradizionalmente, di religione protestante; essi discendono dai coloni che si stabilirono nella zona del Capo di Buona Speranza nel XVII secolo, per poi diffondersi nel resto dell'attuale nazione nel corso del XIX secolo, fino a fondare, nella seconda metà dell'Ottocento, le repubbliche autonome dello Stato Libero dell'Orange e del Transvaal (le cosiddette Repubbliche boere).

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