Bantustan Definition

bănto͝o-stăn
noun
Any of the homelands formerly established for blacks in South Africa by the government during the apartheid era.
American Heritage
Any of the enclaves established for the indigenous African peoples of South Africa under apartheid.
Webster's New World
A landlocked, often fragmented ethnic enclave within a larger state, nominally possessing some degree of autonomy but usually economically dependent and lacking real power.
American Heritage
Any place in which an ethnic or religious group is segregated from the larger society.
Webster's New World

Any of ten former territories defined as homelands for black South Africans.

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Other Word Forms of Bantustan

Noun

Singular:
Bantustan
Plural:
bantustans

Origin of Bantustan

  • From bantu (meaning "people" in some of the Bantu languages) and -stan.

    From Wiktionary

  • From Bantu (on the model of Hindustan)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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