South Africa

From Union of South Africa, the country's former official name, referring to its origin from the unification of four formerly separate British colonies.

• IPA^(key): /ˌsaʊθ ˈæf.ɹɪ.kə/
• (General South African) IPA^(key): [sɑɤ̯ˈθɛ̞frɘkə]

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• Rhymes: -æfɹɪkə

South Africa

2. A country in Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of South Africa. Capitals: Pretoria, Cape Town, and Bloemfontein.
   • 2025 May 21, Daniel Dale, “Fact check: Trump’s false suggestion of a ‘genocide’ against White farmers in South Africa”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     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.

3. (now nonstandard) Southern Africa (a region of Africa).
   • 1901 March 15, The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record‎^[2], volume 4, number 1, page 1:

     With the exception of the Portuguese Colonies, the Journal is franked to all parts of South Africa.

(country):

• Republic of South Africa
• Mzansi
• Azania
• Soufrica
• SA

• Subsahara

• Appendix:Countries of the world

• Southern Africa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Republic of South Africa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia