South African

English Etymology en :af South Africa -n + 1 Pronunciation en /ˌsaʊθˈaf.ɹɪ.kən/ 1 en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-South African.wav US Noun south African thumb|South Africans A person from South Africa or of South African descent. en 1989 If dialogue is ever to have a chance, South Africans must find a way to turn away from violence in all its forms — the brutal violence of the sjambok United States Policy Toward South Africa: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on African Affairs United States Congress Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Subcommittee on African Affairs 333 Daniel Dale Fact check: Trump’s false suggestion of a ‘genocide’ against White farmers in South Africa https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/21/politics/fact-check-white-farmers-south-africa-trump 2025-05-21 During the meeting, Trump brandished printouts of what he said were reports about White South Africans being killed. https://web.archive.org/web/20260526184204/https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/21/politics/fact-check-white-farmers-south-africa-trump 26 May 2026 Hypernyms en sub-Saharan, en African Translations person Asturian: ast sudafricanu m, ast sudafricana f, ast surafricanu m, ast surafricana f Belarusian: be паўднёваафрыка́нец m, be паўднёваафрыка́нка f Bengali: bn দক্ষিণ আফ্রিকী Bulgarian: bg южноафрика́нец m, bg южноафрика́нка f Catalan: ca sud-africà m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 南非人 nánfēirén Czech: cs Jihoafričan m, cs Jihoafričanka f Danish: da sydafrikaner c Dutch: nl Zuid-Afrikaan m, nl Zuid-Afrikaanse f Faroese: fo suðurafrikanari m, fo suðurafrikani m Finnish: fi eteläafrikkalainen French: fr Sud-Africain m, fr Sud-Africaine f Galician: gl surafricano m German: de Südafrikaner m, de Südafrikanerin f Hindi: hi दक्षिण अफ़्रीकी m f Hungarian: hu dél-afrikai Icelandic: is Suður-Afríkumaður m Irish: ga Afracach Theas m Italian: it sudafricano m, it sudafricana f Japanese: ja 南アフリカ人 みなみアフリカじん, minamiafurikajin Macedonian: mk Јужноафриканец m, mk Јужноафриканка f Norwegian: Bokmål: nb sørafrikaner m Nynorsk: nn sørafrikan m, nn sørafrikanar m Polish: pl Południowoafrykańczyk m, pl Południowoafrykanka f Portuguese: pt sul-africano m, pt sul-africana f Romanian: ro sud-african m, ro sud-africană f, ro sud-africancă f Russian: ru жи́тель ЮАР m, ru жи́тельница ЮАР f, ru южноафрика́нец m, ru южноафрика́нка f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Јужноафриканац m, sh Јужноафриканка f Latin: sh Južnoafrikanac m, sh Južnoafrikanka f Slovak: sk Juhoafričan m, sk Juhoafričanka f Slovene: sl Južnoafričan m, sl Južnoafričanka f Spanish: es sudafricano m, es sudafricana f Swahili: sw Mwafrika Kusini Swedish: sv sydafrikan c, sv sydafrikanska c female Turkish: tr Güney Afrikalı Ukrainian: uk південноафрика́нець m, uk південноафрика́нка f Adjective - south African Of, from, or pertaining to South Africa, or the South African people. Janet Maslin Review/Film; Sutherland Catches On To Apartheid Slowly https://www.nytimes.com/1989/09/20/movies/review-film-sutherland-catches-on-to-apartheid-slowly.html 1989-09-20 Thus far, virtually every cinematic attempt to convey the outrages of South African life under apartheid has been diminished by its own good intentions and by a grim sameness that eradicates any element of surprise. https://web.archive.org/web/20250903161819/https://www.nytimes.com/1989/09/20/movies/review-film-sutherland-catches-on-to-apartheid-slowly.html 3 September 2025 Daniel Dale Fact check: Trump’s false suggestion of a ‘genocide’ against White farmers in South Africa https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/21/politics/fact-check-white-farmers-south-africa-trump 2025-05-21 He also had Ramaphosa sit through a video montage that included a clip of a demonstration featuring white crosses symbolizing South African farmers who were killed. https://web.archive.org/web/20260526184204/https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/21/politics/fact-check-white-farmers-south-africa-trump 26 May 2026 Synonyms en Soufrican en Sou'frican en Saffie Derived terms en South African ostrich South African English South African Standard Time South African springhare Translations of, from, or pertaining to South Africa Asturian: ast sudafricanu, ast surafricanu Belarusian: be паўднёваафрыка́нскі Bengali: bn দক্ষিণ আফ্রিকীয় Bulgarian: bg южноафрика́нски Catalan: ca sud-africà Czech: cs jihoafrický Danish: da sydafrikansk Dutch: nl Zuid-Afrikaans Faroese: fo suðurafrikanskur Finnish: fi eteläafrikkalainen French: fr sud-africain Galician: gl surafricano German: de südafrikanisch Hindi: hi दक्षिण अफ़्रीकी Hungarian: hu dél-afrikai Icelandic: is suðurafrískur Irish: ga Afracach Theas Italian: it sudafricano Latvian: lv dienvidāfrikas, lv dienvidāfrikānis Macedonian: mk јужноафрикански Norwegian: Bokmål: nb sørafrikansk Nynorsk: nn sørafrikansk Polish: pl południowoafrykański Portuguese: pt sul-africano Romanian: ro sud-african Russian: ru южноафрика́нский Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh јужноа̀фричкӣ, sh јужноафрикански Latin: sh južnoàfričkī, sh južnoafrikanski Slovak: sk juhoafrický Slovene: sl južnoafriški Spanish: es sudafricano Swahili: sw Kiafrika Kusini Ukrainian: uk південноафрика́нський Welsh: cy De-Affricanaidd en Demonyms Nationalities South Africa