apartheid flag
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From apartheid + flag. From Afrikaans apartheid (“separateness”), and it being the flag of a state that practiced it.
Proper noun
[edit]apartheid flag (plural apartheid flags)
- Oranje, Blanje, Blou
- 2007, Anthony Peckham, INVICTUS (aka "The Human Factor")[1]:
- Lots of OLD SOUTH AFRICAN FLAGS -- the blue, white and orange apartheid flag -- make a defiant statement against the NEW SOUTH AFRICAN FLAGS ringing the stadium.
- 2008, Apartheid flag gaffe sparks row[2], United Kingdom: BBC:
- South Africans have condemned the use of the old apartheid flag on Africa Nations Cup posters in Ghana.