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Damaraland

proper noun

The north-central part of a region that later became Namibia, inhabited by the Damaras, bounded roughly by Ovamboland in the north, the Namib Desert in the west, the Kalahari Desert in the east, and Windhoek in the south.

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Meanings

proper noun

historicalThe north-central part of a region that later became Namibia, inhabited by the Damaras, bounded roughly by Ovamboland in the north, the Namib Desert in the west, the Kalahari Desert in the east, and Windhoek in the south.
historicalA bantustan in South-West Africa (present-day Namibia), intended by the apartheid government of the 1970s as a self-governing homeland for the Damara people.

Origin

From Damara + -land.

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Cite this entry

APA

Damaraland. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Damaraland

MLA

“Damaraland.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Damaraland. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Damaraland,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Damaraland.

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