Griqua

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noun

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.

OriginAfrikaans Griekwa →
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Meanings

nounGriqua (plural Griquas or Griqua)

plural Griquas

  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.

Origin

  1. AfrikaansGriekwa
  2. EnglishGriqua

From Afrikaans Griekwa.

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Translations

Afrikaans Griekwa
  • Griekwamember of a multiracial people of South Africa
Portuguese griqua
  • griquamember of a multiracial people of South Africa
Spanish gricua
  • gricuamember of a multiracial people of South Africa
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Griqua,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Griqua.

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