Vrystaat
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See also: vrystaat
Afrikaans[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Clipping of Oranje-Vrystaat, the name of one of the provinces of both the Union of South Africa and the Republic of South Africa from 1910 to 1994, deriving its name from the former Boer republic of the same name which encompassed the same territory as the modern-day province.
Proper noun[edit]
Vrystaat
- Free State (a province of South Africa; capital: Bloemfontein)
Descendants[edit]
- → Sotho: Freistata
- → Swazi: Fuleyistata
- → Tswana: Foreistata
- → Xhosa: iFreyistata
- → Zulu: iFleyistata