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bantustan

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English

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Alternative forms

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From a Bantu language (ultimately from Proto-Bantu *bantʊ̀ (people)) + -stan (home of, suffix of Persian origin), after place names such as Hindustan.

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌbantuːˈstan/, /ˌbantuːˈstɑːn/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌbæntuˈstæn/, /ˌbɑntuˈstɑn/, /ˈbæntuˌstæn/, /ˈbɑntuˌstɑn/
  • Rhymes: -æn, -ɑːn

Noun

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bantustan (plural bantustans)

  1. (originally South Africa, historical) Any of ten former territories defined as homelands for black South Africans under apartheid policy
  2. (derogatory) A political entity reminiscent of the old apartheid-era territories of the same name.
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Translations

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References

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Anagrams

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Finnish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English bantustan.

Pronunciation

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Finnish Wikipedia has an article on:
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  • IPA(key): /ˈbɑntustɑn/, [ˈbɑ̝n̪t̪us̠tɑ̝n]
  • Rhymes: -ɑntustɑn
  • Hyphenation(key): ban‧tus‧tan

Noun

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bantustan

  1. (historical) bantustan (territory defined as a homeland for black South Africans)

Declension

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Inflection of bantustan (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative bantustan bantustanit
genitive bantustanin bantustanien
partitive bantustania bantustaneja
illative bantustaniin bantustaneihin
singular plural
nominative bantustan bantustanit
accusative nom. bantustan bantustanit
gen. bantustanin
genitive bantustanin bantustanien
partitive bantustania bantustaneja
inessive bantustanissa bantustaneissa
elative bantustanista bantustaneista
illative bantustaniin bantustaneihin
adessive bantustanilla bantustaneilla
ablative bantustanilta bantustaneilta
allative bantustanille bantustaneille
essive bantustanina bantustaneina
translative bantustaniksi bantustaneiksi
abessive bantustanitta bantustaneitta
instructive bantustanein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of bantustan (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
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Further reading

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Internationalism; compare English bantustan, ultimately from bantu + Persian ـستان.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /banˈtus.tan/
  • Rhymes: -ustan
  • Syllabification: ban‧tus‧tan

Noun

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bantustan m inan

  1. (historical) bantustan (any of ten former territories defined as homelands for black South Africans under apartheid policy)
  2. (derogatory, politics) bantustan (political entity reminiscent of the old apartheid-era territories of the same name)

Declension

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adjectives
nouns

Further reading

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  • bantustan in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • bantustan in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • bantustany in PWN's encyclopedia

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English bantustan.

Noun

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bantustan n (plural bantustane)

  1. bantustan

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative bantustan bantustanul bantustane bantustanele
genitive-dative bantustan bantustanului bantustane bantustanelor
vocative bantustanule bantustanelor