Afrika Kujalleq

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Greenlandic

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Etymology

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From Afrika (Africa) +‎ kujalleq (south).

Proper noun

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Afrika Kujalleq

  1. South Africa (a country in Southern Africa)
    • 1988, “AIDS-INFO”, in Atuagagdliutit:
      Naqitigaaqqat AIDS pillugu paasisitsiniutit Afrikami kujallermi umiarsualivinnut agguaanneqarsimapput umiartortut nappaassuarmut ulorianartumut taassumunnga mianersoqquniarlugit, ...
      Pamphlets informing about AIDS were distributed to harbours in South Africa, so as to warn sailors against this dangerous big disease [nappaassuaq "big disease" might be idiomatic], ...