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PRONUNCIATION OF SOUTH AFRICAN WAR

South African War  [saʊθ ˈæfrɪkən wɔː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SOUTH AFRICAN WAR

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South African War is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SOUTH AFRICAN WAR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

South African War

Second Boer War

South African Republic Foreign volunteers from: Large forces ▪ German Empire ▪ Sweden-Norway ▪ Netherlands Smaller forces ▪ Belgium ▪ France ▪ United States ▪ Italy ▪ Russian Empire ▪ Russian Poland ▪ Denmark Commanders and leaders Lord Salisbury Lord Milner Lord Roberts Sir Redvers Buller Lord Kitchener Walter Tunbridge François Lessard Paul Kruger Louis Botha Schalk W. Burger Koos de la Rey Martinus Steyn Christiaan de Wet Piet Cronjé (POW) Strength British Regulars: 347,000 Colonial Forces: 103,000-153,000 88,000 (25,000 Transvaal and 15,000 Free State Boers at the start of the war) (inclusive Foreign Volunteers and Cape Boers) Casualties and losses Military casualties 7,894 killed 13,250 died of disease 934 missing 22,828 wounded Military casualties 9,098 died (4,000 in combat) (24,000 Boer prisoners sent overseas) Civilian casualties: 27,927 Boer civilians died in concentration camps, plus an unknown number of black Africans (107,000 were interned).

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SOUTH AFRICAN WAR


antiwar
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awa´
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cyberwar
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jowar
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men-of-war
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psywar
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squaw
skwɔː
swore
swɔː
twa
twɔː
war
wɔː
Waugh
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waw
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wha
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wore
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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR

South Africa
South African
South African Dutch
South America
South American
South American trypanosomiasis
South Arabia
South Arabian
South Atlantic
South Australia
South Australian
South Ayrshire
South Bend
south by east
south by west
South Carolina
South Carolinian
South China Sea
South Dakota
South Dakotan

WORDS THAT END LIKE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR

American Civil War
Anglo-Boer War
Crimean War
First World War
Franco-Prussian War
French and Indian War
Great War
Gulf War
Iran-Iraq War
Korean War
Mexican War
Peloponnesian War
Revolutionary War
Russo-Japanese War
Second World War
Seven Years´ War
Spanish-American War
Spanish Civil War
Trojan War
Yom Kippur War

Synonyms and antonyms of South African War in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «South African War» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SOUTH AFRICAN WAR

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Translator English - Chinese

南非战争
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Guerra de África del Sur
570 millions of speakers

English

South African War
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दक्षिण अफ्रीकी युद्ध
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الحرب في جنوب أفريقيا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Южноафриканский войны
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Guerra Sul Africano
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দক্ষিণ আফ্রিকার যুদ্ধ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Guerre des Boers
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Perang Afrika Selatan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

South African War
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

南アフリカ戦争
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

남아프리카 공화국 전쟁
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Perang Afrika Kidul
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Chiến tranh Nam Phi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தென் ஆப்பிரிக்க போர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दक्षिण आफ्रिकन युद्ध
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Güney Afrika Savaşı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Guerra in Sudafrica
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

South African War
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Південноафриканський війни
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

South African War
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Νότιας Αφρικής Πολέμου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Suid-Afrikaanse Oorlog
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Sydafrikanska kriget
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

South African War
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of South African War

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SOUTH AFRICAN WAR»

The term «South African War» is regularly used and occupies the 96.124 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SOUTH AFRICAN WAR» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about South African War

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SOUTH AFRICAN WAR»

Discover the use of South African War in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to South African War and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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South African War Books: An Illustrated Bibliography of ...
In addition to many British regimental accounts, this compilation also contains accounts of women in the Boer war effort, Richard Harding Davis' shrewd observations, and the memoirs of a West Point graduate in the Irish-American Brigade in ...
‎1994
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Black People and the South African War, 1899-1902
This is the first history of the war to focus upon the wartime experiences of black people, and to examine the war in the context of a complex and rapidly changing colonial society increasingly shaped, but not yet transformed, by mining ...
Peter Warwick, 1983
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The South African War Reappraised
This volume includes a historiographical review of a century of writing on the origins of the war.
Donal Lowry, 2000
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Managing the South African War, 1899-1902: Politicians V. ...
This case study of the power struggle between politicians and generals for control of the strategic management of the South African War illuminates Victorian and Edwardian civil--military relations.
Keith Terrance Surridge, 1998
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The Impact of the South African War
An international team of scholars explores the myriad legacies of the war for South Africa, for Britain, for the Empire and beyond.
David Omissi, Andrew S. Thompson, 2002
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The South African War 1899-1902
The South African War rounded off the British conquest of Southern Africa.
Bill Nasson, 1999
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War of Words: Dutch Pro-Boer Propaganda and the South ...
Kuitenbrouwer gaat in op de organisaties die de banden tussen Nederland en Zuid-Afrika trachtten aan te halen en zo belangrijke knooppunten werden in een internationaal netwerk.
Vincent Kuitenbrouwer, 2012
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Volunteers on the Veld: Britain's Citizen-soldiers and the ...
This book spotlights Britain's “citizen army” to show who these volunteers were, why they enlisted, how they were trained—and how they quickly became disillusioned when they found themselves committed not to the supposed glories of ...
Stephen M. Miller, 2007
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The origins of the South African War, 1899-1902
The book will surely establish itself as the definitive study for scholars and students; but it is also a vivid account of a dramatic and complex story, which will appeal to a far wider readership than specialists alone.
Iain R. Smith, 1996
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Abraham Esau's War: A Black South African War in the Cape, ...
This book describes the participation of black people in the conduct of the war, and their subsequent exclusion from the fruits of peace.
Bill Nasson, 2003

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SOUTH AFRICAN WAR»

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Remembrance Day draws huge crowds as National War Memorial …
Canada's National War Memorial, the scene of a horrifying shooting less than a ... today to add the dates of the Afghanistan mission and the South African War. «CBC.ca, Nov 14»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. South African War [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/south-african-war>. Apr 2024 ».
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