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Meaning of "kiaat" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD KIAAT

Afrikaans, from Dutch, probably from Malay kaju wood.
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PRONUNCIATION OF KIAAT

kiaat  [ˈkiːɑːt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF KIAAT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Kiaat is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES KIAAT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

kiaat

Pterocarpus angolensis

Pterocarpus angolensis is a species of Pterocarpus native to southern Africa, in Angola, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zaire, Zimbabwe,and Zambia. It is a protected tree in South Africa. The name Kiaat, although Afrikaans, is sometimes used outside South Africa as well.

Definition of kiaat in the English dictionary

The definition of kiaat in the dictionary is a tropical African leguminous tree, Pterocarpus angolensis. Other definition of kiaat is the wood of this tree, used for furniture, floors, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH KIAAT


apart
əˈpɑːt
art
ɑːt
baht
bɑːt
Bart
bɑːt
cart
kɑːt
carte
kɑːt
chart
tʃɑːt
hart
hɑːt
heart
hɑːt
Hobart
ˈhəʊbɑːt
kart
kɑːt
mart
mɑːt
part
pɑːt
restart
riːˈstɑːt
smart
smɑːt
start
stɑːt
state-of-the-art
ˈsteɪtəvðɪˌɑːt
sweetheart
ˈswiːtˌhɑːt
tuart
ˈtuːɑːt
wat
wɑːt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE KIAAT

ki
kia kaha
kia ora
kiang
Kiangsi
Kiangsu
Kiaochow
Kiaochow Bay
kiaugh
kibbe
kibbeh
kibble
kibbutz
kibbutzim
kibbutznik
kibe
kibei
kibitka
kibitz
kibitzer

WORDS THAT END LIKE KIAAT

advocaat
all that
and all that
and that
as all that
at
be all that
beat
been-there done-that
boat
body fat
cat
chat
eat
fat
feat
fiat
flat
jamaat
Kalaallit Nunaat

Synonyms and antonyms of kiaat in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «kiaat» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF KIAAT

Find out the translation of kiaat to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of kiaat from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «kiaat» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

kiaat
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

kiaat
570 millions of speakers

English

kiaat
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

kiaat
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

kiaat
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

kiaat
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Kiaat
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

kiaat
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

kiaat
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kiaat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kiaat
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

kiaat
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

kiaat
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kiaat
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

kiaat
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

kiaat
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

केआयात
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kiaat
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Kiaat
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Kiaat
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

kiaat
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Kiaat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

kiaat
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kiaat
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kiaat
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Kiaat
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of kiaat

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «KIAAT»

The term «kiaat» is normally little used and occupies the 113.478 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «KIAAT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «kiaat» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «kiaat» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about kiaat

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «KIAAT»

Discover the use of kiaat in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to kiaat and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Riches of the Forest: For Health, Life and Spirit in Africa
Food seems all the more delicious when it is served with beautiful wooden spoons and green salads are freshly mixed in wooden bowls There are few more beautiful timbers to whet the appetite than that of southern Africa's kiaat tree A simple ...
‎2004
2
African Trees: A Photographic Exploration
(Combretum apiculatum), together with the distinctive Kiaat (Pterocarpus angolensis). The Kiaat stands proud on most of the slopes and is easily recognised as one of the bigger and shapelier trees. Between the Lavender Trees (Heteropyxis ...
‎2004
3
Wild Product Governance: Finding Policies that Work for ...
The Case of a Valuable Carving Wood in Bushbuckridge, South Africa Sheona Shackleton INTRODUCTION Pterocarpus angolensis DC., commonly know as kiaat, African teak or wild teak, is one of the most valuable hardwood species in the ...
Sarah A. Laird, Rebecca Jean McLain, Rachel Wynberg, 2010
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Carving Out a Future: "Forests, Livelihoods and the ...
Bowls,. Spoons. and. Other. Useful. Items: The. Kiaat. Woodcrafters. of. Bushbuckridge,. South. Africa. Sheona E. Shackleton INTRODUCTION In many parts of South Africa a diversity of forest and woodland species has long provided the raw ...
Brian Belcher, Bruce M Campbell, Anthony Cunningham, 2013
5
Trees and Shrubs of Mpumalanga and Kruger National Park
... Kanferfoelie Kaapse Katjiepiering Kaapse Kiaat Kaapse Swarthout Kaapsehoop Cycad Kaapsehoop-broodboom Kaktusdruif Kalahari Raisin Kalahari-rosyntjie Kamassi Kamassie Kameeldoring Kameelspoor Kammierysbos Kanariebessie ...
Ernst Schmidt, Mervyn Lotter, Warren McCleland, 2002
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Carving Out a Future: Forests, Livelihoods and the ...
Bowls,. Spoons. and. Other. Useful. Items: The. Kiaat. Woodcrafters. of. Bushbuckridge,. South. Africa. Sheona E. Shackleton INTRODUCTION In many parts of South Africa a diversity of forest and woodland species has long provided the raw ...
A. B. Cunningham, Bruce Morgan Campbell, Brian Murray Belcher, 2005
7
Cape Antique Furniture: A Comprehensive Pictorial Guide to ...
An inventory of Jan Christoffel Shabort and Maria de Villiers from the farm ' Meerrust', Drakenstein, dated between 1738 and 1748, lists: 'kiaat klerekas waarop porselein staan, 1 kiaat kis met koper beslag' (one teak clothes cupboard ..., one ...
Michael Baraitser, Anton Obholzer, 2004
8
PLA Notes 38: Participatory Processes in the North
We would like to end with an analogy; that of the regeneration of a particularly valuable tree, kiaat, which grows in the savannah woodlands of southern Africa. Because the timber is so valuable, the kiaat resource has been heavily depleted,  ...
IIED.
9
Hand Made, Hand Played: The Art & Craft of Contemporary Guitars
A space between the top of the soundboard and the neck serves as a "breather," which facilitates the movement of air both outside and SPECIFICATIONS BOOY ANO SIOE WOOOS: African kiaat TOP WOOO: Russian pine BOOY WIOTH, ...
Robert Shaw, 2008
10
Wood Southern Africa
The new numbers are, tel: (031) 2027532/ 3 and fax: (031) 2027509. Kiaat regeneration A Botany Honours student at the University of the Witwatersrand recently researched kiaat harvesting at Xanthia, Lebowa. Attempts are being made to ...
‎1991

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «KIAAT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term kiaat is used in the context of the following news items.
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ZABS revises standard on sawn timber
... both the sapwood of maculate (eucalyptus maculate) and that of kiaat (pterocarpus angolensis) are, for instance, particularly liable to attack. «Zambia Daily Mail, Nov 14»
2
Der Ambo-Kiaat (Erythrophleum africanum) Fabaceae
Der Ambo-Kiaat ist ein einstämmiger, blattwerfender Baum und wird bis neun Meter hoch. In Namibia beschränkt sich sein Vorkommen auf ... «Allgemeine Zeitung Namibia, Oct 14»
3
Gallery: Fine ways with furniture
There's such a range of wood, such as kiaat, tambotie and ironwood; there's mahogany furniture from East Africa; white oak and red oak from ... «Independent Online, Aug 14»
4
Tuks gets tough on #blackface party picture
In 2012, the varsity's Kiaat Residence advertised a post for a cleaner with a tag line reading “Candidates have to be black.” This also caused a ... «eNCA, Aug 14»
5
Outcry at UP housing plan
Prinshof campus: Men: Olympus. Women: Curlitzia. Mixed: Hippokrates. * Groenkloof campus: Men: Kiaat. Women: Inca, Lilium and Zinnia. «Independent Online, Jul 14»
6
Decor ways with wood
Woods used by Homewood are kiaat, Rhodesian teak, African mahogany and European (white) oak, chosen for their beautiful grains, ... «Independent Online, Apr 13»
7
Furniture from a bygone era
Skinner's favourite piece of furniture is their Gurdjieff desk in brown kiaat. The design grew from an idea Skinner had about creating compatible ... «Independent Online, Nov 12»
8
Kiaat Residence: Is History Repeating Itself?
In 2009 KIAAT was in the spotlight for the (now) obsolete initiation ritual involving the “Kaspyp”. The incident was plastered all over the media[2] ... «News24, Oct 12»
9
Tuks 'racist' poster: They should've known better
An apparent racist poster posted at the University of Pretoria's Kiaat ... News revealed that the poster was placed inside the Kiaat residence. «Eyewitness News, Sep 12»
10
Tuks students angered by racist poster
The placard was placed inside the Kiaat Residence, calling on ... Professor Ernst van Eck, who governs the Kiaat Residence, said it was all a ... «Eyewitness News, Aug 12»

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