apartheid flag

proper noun

Oranje, Blanje, Blou.

OriginAfrikaans apartheid →
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Meanings

apartheid flag1

proper nounapartheid flag (plural apartheid flags)

plural apartheid flags · alternative Apartheid flag

  1. Oranje, Blanje, Blou.

    South Africans have condemned the use of the old apartheid flag on Africa Nations Cup posters in Ghana.

    2008, Apartheid flag gaffe sparks row, United Kingdom: BBC
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    Lots of OLD SOUTH AFRICAN FLAGS -- the blue, white and orange apartheid flag -- make a defiant statement against the NEW SOUTH AFRICAN FLAGS ringing the stadium.

    2007, Anthony Peckham, INVICTUS (aka "The Human Factor")

Apartheid flag2

proper nounApartheid flag (plural Apartheid flags)

plural Apartheid flags

  1. Alternative letter-case form of apartheid flag.

Origin

  1. Afrikaansapartheid“separateness”
  2. Englishapartheid flag

From apartheid + flag. From Afrikaans apartheid (“separateness”), and associated with a state that institutionalized and enforced this system of racial segregation.

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apartheid flag. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/apartheid%20flag

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Chicago

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