Basterland

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proper noun

Another name for Rehoboth, a bantustan in South West Africa (present-day Namibia), intended by the apartheid government to be a self-governing homeland for the Baster people in the area around the town of Rehoboth.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

proper noun
  1. historicalAnother name for Rehoboth, a bantustan in South West Africa (present-day Namibia), intended by the apartheid government to be a self-governing homeland for the Baster people in the area around the town of Rehoboth.

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APA

Basterland. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Basterland

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“Basterland.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Basterland. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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