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South West Africa
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South-West Africa
English
Etymology
en de Südwestafrika, the name of the German colony before it was lost during World War I and put under South African administration.
Proper noun
South West Africa
en historical en A <<former>> German <<colony>> (before World War I) and later a South African <<former colony:colony>> (from 1915 to 1990, illegally occupied after 1966 per United Nations stipulations) in <<r/Southern Africa>> Namibia Namibia History of South Africa.
Translations
former colony of Germany and then South Africa
Afrikaans: af Suidwes-Afrika
Dutch: nl Zuidwest-Afrika n
Estonian: et Edela-Aafrika
Finnish: fi Lounais-Afrikka
French: fr Sud-Ouest africain m
German: de Südwestafrika n
Irish: ga Afraic Thiar Theas f an Afraic Thiar Theas
Portuguese: pt Sudoeste Africano m
Spanish: es África del Sudoeste f
Swahili: sw Afrika ya Kusini Magharibi