Griqua

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Afrikaans Griekwa.

Noun[edit]

Griqua (plural Griquas or Griqua)

Any of a subgroup of South Africa's heterogeneous and multiracial black people, originally populating the frontiers of the infant Cape Colony, living as seminomadic commandos of mounted gunmen.

Related terms[edit]

Griqualand

Translations[edit]

member of a multiracial people of South Africa

Afrikaans: Griekwa
Portuguese: griqua m or f
Spanish: gricua m or f

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