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bantustan.

bantustan (any of ten former territories defined as homelands for black South Africans under apartheid policy)

9 characters3 syllables approx.Polski language

Meaning & usage

noun/banˈtus.tan/
  1. bantustan (any of ten former territories defined as homelands for black South Africans under apartheid policy)

    historical · inanimate · masculine
  2. bantustan (political entity reminiscent of the old apartheid-era territories of the same name)

    derogatory · inanimate · masculine
Where this word comes from

Internationalism; compare English bantustan, ultimately from bantu + Persian ـستان.

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