Kaffraria
Sign in to saveAlso known as Kaffraria proper, Kaffirland, Cafreria, Kaffiria, Caffaria, Kafferland, Kafraria, Cafferia
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- Instance of
- colony
- Named after
- kaffir
- Country
- South Africa
- Located in
- South Africa
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- Commons category
- Kaffraria
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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alt=|thumb| Eastern Frontier, Cape of Good Hope, circa 1835 thumb|Divisions of Kaffraria on a map of the Transkei Cape frontier 1875-1890 thumb|Mission Premises, Wesleyville, Kaffraria (July 1852)
Kaffraria, Kaffiria, or Kaffirland, was the descriptive name given to the southeast part of what is today the Eastern Cape of South Africa. Kaffraria, i.e., the land of the Kaffirs, is no longer an official designation (with the term kaffir, originally the Arabic term for a non-believer in Islam, now considered an offensive racial slur in South Africa).
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