"Griqua" meaning in All languages combined

See Griqua on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: Griquas [plural], Griqua [plural]
Etymology: From Afrikaans Griekwa. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|af|Griekwa}} Afrikaans Griekwa Head templates: {{en-noun|s|Griqua}} Griqua (plural Griquas or Griqua)
  1. Any of a subgroup of South Africa's heterogeneous and multiracial black people, originally populating the frontiers of the infant Cape Colony, living as seminomadic commandos of mounted gunmen. Categories (topical): Ethnonyms Related terms: Griqualand Translations (member of a multiracial people of South Africa): Griekwa (Afrikaans), griqua [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), gricua [feminine, masculine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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