"bantustan" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌbantuːˈstan/ [UK], /ˌbantuːˈstɑːn/ [UK], /ˌbæntuˈstæn/ [US], /ˌbɑntuˈstɑn/ [US], /ˈbæntuˌstæn/ [US], /ˈbɑntuˌstɑn/ [US] Forms: bantustans [plural]
Rhymes: -æn, -ɑːn Etymology: From a Bantu language (ultimately from Proto-Bantu *bantʊ̀ (“people”)) + -stan (“home of”, suffix of Persian origin), after place names such as Hindustan. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|bnt}} Bantu, {{der|en|bnt-pro|*bantʊ̀||people}} Proto-Bantu *bantʊ̀ (“people”), {{der|en|fa|-}} Persian, {{affix|en|-stan|pos1=suffix of Persian origin|t1=home of}} -stan (“home of”, suffix of Persian origin), {{m|en|Hindustan}} Hindustan Head templates: {{en-noun}} bantustan (plural bantustans)
  1. (originally South Africa, historical) Any of ten former territories defined as homelands for black South Africans under apartheid policy Tags: historical Categories (topical): Racism Categories (place): South Africa Translations (territory defined as a homeland for black South Africans): bantoestan (Afrikaans), بَانْتُوسْتَان (bāntūstān) [masculine] (Arabic), 班圖斯坦 (Chinese Mandarin), 班图斯坦 (bāntúsītǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), bantustan (Finnish), bantoustan [masculine] (French), Bantustan [masculine, neuter] (German), बांटूस्तान (bāṇṭūstān) (Hindi), bantustan [masculine] (Italian), バントゥースタン (bantūsutan) (Japanese), 반투스탄 (bantuseutan) (Korean), bantustan [masculine] (Polish), bantustão [masculine] (Portuguese), bantustan [neuter] (Romanian), бантуста́н (bantustán) [masculine] (Russian), ба̏нтуста̄н [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), bȁntustān [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), பந்துஸ்தான் (pantustāṉ) (Tamil), பந்துசுத்தான் (pantucuttāṉ) (Tamil)
    Sense id: en-bantustan-en-noun-aQoyTQd2 Disambiguation of Racism: 56 44 Disambiguation of South Africa: 90 10 Categories (other): South African English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -stan Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 41 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -stan: 71 29 Disambiguation of 'territory defined as a homeland for black South Africans': 91 9
  2. (derogatory) A political entity reminiscent of the old apartheid-era territories of the same name. Tags: derogatory
    Sense id: en-bantustan-en-noun-bFCvx76k
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Bantustan Related terms: Bantoid, Bantologist, Bantu, Bantuist, Bantuization, Proto-Bantu

Inflected forms

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