South West Africa

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英文释义

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  1. A former German colony (before World War I) and later a South African colony (from 1915 to 1990, illegally occupied after 1966 per United Nations stipulations) in Southern Africa; modern Namibia. historical

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Calque of German Südwestafrika, the name of the German colony before it was lost during World War I and put under South African administration.
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