KWAZULU-NATAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does KwaZulu-Natal mean? 

• KWAZULU-NATAL (noun)
  The noun KWAZULU-NATAL has 1 sense:

1. a region of eastern South Africa on the Indian Ocean

  Familiarity information: KWAZULU-NATAL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KWAZULU-NATAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A region of eastern South Africa on the Indian Ocean

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

KwaZulu-Natal; Natal

Context example:

Natal was renamed KwaZulu-Natal in 1994

Instance hypernyms:

district; dominion; territorial dominion; territory (a region marked off for administrative or other purposes)

Meronyms (parts of "KwaZulu-Natal"):

Tugela; Tugela Falls (a major waterfall in southern Africa; has more than one leap)

Meronyms (members of "KwaZulu-Natal"):

Zulu (a member of the tall Negroid people of eastern South Africa; some live in KwaZulu-Natal under the traditional clan system but many now work in the cities)

Holonyms ("KwaZulu-Natal" is a part of...):

Republic of South Africa; South Africa (a republic at the southernmost part of Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1910; first European settlers were Dutch (known as Boers))