spaza

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɑːzə/

Noun

spaza (plural spazas)

1. (South Africa) An informal trading post or convenience store found in townships and remote areas.
   • 2008, Lauren Beukes, Moxyland, Jacana Media, →ISBN, page 105:

     I walk briskly away from the howling child and the burly cop and the snickering shoppie. And into the first spaza I can find, for a Ghost.

   • 2011, Dan Banik, The Legal Empowerment Agenda, page 59:

     The study found that spazas predominantly source their supplies from large wholesalers such as Macro, Metro and Cash and Carry.

Further reading

• “spaza”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• spaza shop on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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