South Africa

English <dab!> right|thumb|250px|Flag of South Africa thumb|Republic of South Africa Etymology From Union of South Africa, the country's former official name, referring to its origin from the unification of four formerly separate British colonies. Pronunciation en /ˌsaʊθ ˈæfɹɪkə/ RP,GA en En-US-South_Africa.wav US en /ˌsawθ ˈafɹɪkə/ SSB en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-South Africa.wav Southern England en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-South Africa.wav UK en /ˌsæɔθ ˈæfɹɪkə/ AU en /ˌsæʊθ ˈɛfɹɪkə/ NZ en /ˌsʌʊθ ˈafɹɪkə/ Scotland en [sɑɤ̯ˈθɛ̞frɘkə] South Africa en en-za-South Africa.ogg South Africa en æfɹɪkə 4 Proper noun south Africa en Q258en country r/Southern Africa Pretoria Cape Town Bloemfontein Republic of South Africa. 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 The facts show that the genocide President Donald Trump suggests might be happening is not happening – and that crime against White farmers in South Africa represents a tiny fraction of the country’s overall crime. https://web.archive.org/web/20260526184204/https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/21/politics/fact-check-white-farmers-south-africa-trump 26 May 2026 en now nonstandard en region cont/Africa Southern Africa. en 1901-03-15 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/69252 The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record 4 1 1 With the exception of the Portuguese Colonies, the Journal is franked to all parts of South Africa. Synonyms country en Republic of South Africa en Mzansi en Azania en Soufrica en SA Holonyms en Subsahara Derived terms en South African Translations country Abkhaz: ab Аладатәи Африка Afrikaans: af Suid-Afrika Albanian: sq Afrikë Jugore f, sq Afrika Jugore f definite Amharic: am ደቡብ አፍሪካ, am ድቡብ አፍሪካ Arabic: ar جَنُوب أَفْرِيقْيَا f, ar أَفْرِيقِيَا الْجَنُوبِيَّة f Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܬܲܝܡܲܢ ܐܲܦܪܝܼܩܵܐ f Armenian: hy Հարավային Աֆրիկա Asturian: ast Sudáfrica f Azerbaijani: az Cənubi Afrika Balinese: ban Afrika Kelod Bashkir: ba Көньяҡ Африка Basque: eu Hego Afrika Belarusian: be Паўднёвая А́фрыка f Bengali: bn দক্ষিণ আফ্রিকা Betawi: bew Aprika Kidul Breton: br Suafrika Bulgarian: bg Ю́жна А́фрика f Burmese: my တောင်အာဖရိက Catalan: ca Sud-àfrica f, ca Àfrica del Sud f Chinese: Cantonese: yue 南非 naam4 fei1 Hakka: hak 南非 Nàm-fî Hokkien: nan-hbl 南非 Lâm-hui Mandarin: cmn 南非 Nánfēi Wu: wuu 南非 Chuvash: cv Кӑнтӑр Африка Corsican: co Sudafrica m Czech: cs Jižní Afrika f Danish: da Sydafrika n Dhivehi: dv ދެކުނު އެފްރިކާ Dutch: nl Zuid-Afrika n Esperanto: eo Sud-Afriko Estonian: et Lõuna-Aafrika, et LAV Ewe: ee Anyiehe Afrika Faroese: fo Suðurafrika n Finnish: fi Etelä-Afrikka French: fr Afrique du Sud f Frisian: Saterland Frisian: stq Suud-Afrikoa West Frisian: fy Súd-Afrika Galician: gl Suráfrica f, gl África do Sur f Georgian: ka სამხრეთი აფრიკა German: de Südafrika n Bavarian: bar Sidafrika Greek: el Νότια Αφρική f Greenlandic: kl Afrika Kujalleq Hausa: ha Afirka ta Kudu f Hawaiian: haw ʻApelika Hema Hebrew: he דְּרוֹם אַפְרִיקָה f drom áfrika Hindi: hi दक्षिण अफ़्रीका m, hi साउथ अफ़्रीका m Hungarian: hu Dél-afrikai Köztársaság Icelandic: is Suður-Afríka f Indonesian: id Afrika Selatan Interlingua: ia Africa del Sud Irish: ga Afraic Theas f an Afraic Theas Italian: it Sudafrica m Japanese: ja 南アフリカ みなみアフリカ, Minami Afurika, ja 南ア なんあ, Nan'a Javanese: jv Afrika Kidul Kazakh: kk Оңтүстік Африка Khmer: km អាហ្វ្រិកខាងត្បូង Khoekhoe: naq ǁHui!gaeb m Korean: ko ^남아프리카, ko ^남아공(南阿共) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr Afrîka Başûr Kven: fkv Etelä-Aafrikka Kyrgyz: ky Түштүк Африка Lao: lo ອາຟຣິກາໃຕ້, lo ອາຝະລິກາໃຕ້, lo ອາຟຣິກໃຕ້, lo ອາຟະລິກໃຕ້, lo ອາຟຣິກກາໃຕ້ Latin: la Africa Australis f, la Africa Meridionalis f Latvian: lv Dienvidāfrika f Limburgish: li Zuid-Afrika Lithuanian: lt Pietų Afrika f Low German: Dutch Low Saxon: nds-nl Zuud-Afrika German Low German: nds-de Süüdafrika Luxembourgish: lb Südafrika Macedonian: mk Јужна Африка f Malagasy: mg Afrika Atsimo Malay: ms Afrika Selatan Maltese: mt Afrika t'Isfel f l-Afrika t'Isfel, mt Sud Afrika f is-Sud Afrika Manx: gv Yn Affrick Yiass Māori: mi Āwherika ki te Tonga Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Өмнөд Африк Mongolian script: mn ᠡᠮᠦᠨᠡᠳᠦ ᠠᠹᠷᠢᠺᠠ Navajo: nv Kéyah Naakai Łizhinii Bikéyah Shádiʼááhjí Siʼánígíí Nepali: ne दक्षिण अफ्रिका Niuean: niu Aferika Toga Northern Sotho: nso Afrika Borwa Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Sør-Afrika Nynorsk: nn Sør-Afrika n Oromo: om Afrikaa Kibbaa Pashto: ps سويلي افريقا f soeli afriqā Pennsylvania German: pdc Saut Afrikaa Persian: Classical Persian: fa-cls آفْرِیقَایِ جَنُوبِی Dari: prs آفْرِیقَایِ جَنُوبِی Iranian Persian: fa-ira آفْریقایِ جُنوبی Polish: pl Afryka Południowa f Portuguese: pt África do Sul f Quechua: qu Urin Aprika Rarotongan: rar ʻĀperika Tonga Romanian: ro Africa de Sud f, Cyrillic: ro Африка де Суд f Romansh: rm Africa dal Sid f Russian: ru Ю́жная А́фрика f Sami: Northern Sami: se Mátta-Afrihká Sardinian: sc Sudàfrica m Scots: sco Sooth Africae Scottish Gaelic: gd Afraga a Deas, gd Poblachd Afraga a Deas Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Ју̏жна̄ А̀фрика f Latin: sh Jȕžnā Àfrika f Sicilian: scn Àfrica dû Sud f, scn Sudàfrica m Sinhalese: si දකුණු අප්‍රිකාව Slovak: sk Južná Afrika f Slovene: sl Južna Afrika f Somali: so Koonfur Afrika Sotho: st Afrika Borwa Spanish: es Sudáfrica f Sundanese: su Afrika Kidul Swahili: sw Afrika Kusini Swedish: sv Sydafrika n Tagalog: tl Timog Aprika Tajik: tg Африқои Ҷанубӣ Tamil: ta தென்னாப்பிரிக்கா Tatar: tt Көньяк Африка Telugu: te దక్షిణాఫ్రికా Thai: th แอฟริกาใต้ Tibetan: bo ལྷོ་ཨ་ཧྥེ་རི་ཁ། Tigrinya: ti ደቡብ ኣፍሪቃ Tsonga: ts Afrika-Dzonga Tswana: tn Aforika Borwa Turkish: tr Güney Afrika Turkmen: tk Günorta Afrika Ukrainian: uk Півде́нна А́фрика f Urdu: ur جُنُوبی اَفْرِیقَہ m, ur جَنُوبی اَفْرِیقَہ m, ur ساؤُتھ اَفْرِیقَہ m Uyghur: ug جەنۇبىي ئافرىقا Uzbek: uz Janubiy Ofriqo Venda: ve Afurika Tshipembe Venetan: vec Sudàfrica f Vietnamese: vi Nam Phi (vi 南非) Volapük: vo Sulüdafrikän Welsh: cy De Affrica West Flemish: vls Zuud-Afrika Wolof: wo Afrig gu Bëj-saalum Xhosa: xh Mzantsi Afrika Yiddish: yi דרום אַפֿריקע n dorem afrike Yoruba: yo Ariwa Afirika Zealandic: zea Zuud-Afrika Zhuang: za Nanzfeih Zulu: zu iNingizimu Afrika Republic of South Africa See also Appendix:Countries of the world Southern Africa Republic of South Africa