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单词 Bantustan
释义

Definition of Bantustan in English:

Bantustan

noun ˌbantuːˈstɑːnˌbantuːˈstan
South African derogatory, historical
  • A partially self-governing area set aside during the period of apartheid for a particular indigenous African people; a so-called homeland.

    〈南非,史,贬〉班图斯坦,黑人家园(本土非洲人的部分自治地区)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • White South Africans invented the Bantustans to pen black people into defined reservoirs of labor, being allowed to leave only when working for white South Africa.
    • There are obvious parallels with the creation of so-called tribal homelands, or Bantustans by the Apartheid regime in South Africa.
    • They ran the Bantustans and helped administer the Bantu Authorities Act.
    • It's not even Bantustans, like in apartheid South Africa, that they have in mind.
    • You mean, that little spot on the map is not a former Bantustan?!

Origin

From Bantu + -stan, on the pattern of words such as Hindustan.

Rhymes

Abadan, Abidjan, adhan, Amman, Antoine, Arne, Aswan, Avon, Azerbaijan, Baltistan, Baluchistan, barn, Bhutan, Dagestan, darn, dewan, Farne, guan, Hahn, Hanuman, Hindustan, Huascarán, Iban, Iran, Isfahan, Juan, Kazakhstan, khan, Koran, Kurdistan, Kurgan, Kyrgyzstan, macédoine, Mahon, maidan, Marne, Michoacán, Oman, Pakistan, pan, Pathan, Qumran, Rajasthan, Shan, Siân, Sichuan, skarn, soutane, Sudan, Tai'an, t'ai chi ch'uan, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Taklimakan, tarn, Tatarstan, Tehran, Tenochtitlán, Turkestan, Turkmenistan, tzigane, Uzbekistan, Vientiane, yarn, Yinchuan, yuan, Yucatán
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