plaas

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noun

A farm.

OriginAfrikaans plaas →
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Meanings

nounplaas (plural plaases)

plural plaases

  1. South AfricaA farm.

    "The man who burned down the plaas, deserves himself to be burned," cried Solomon with irrelevant heat.

    1929, Norman Giles, Keerboskloof, page 110

Origin

  1. Afrikaansplaas“farm”
  2. Englishplaas

From Afrikaans plaas (“farm”). Doublet of place, piazza, and plaza.

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APA

plaas. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plaas

MLA

“plaas.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plaas. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “plaas,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plaas.

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