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township

noun

LanguagePortuguese (Portugal)

Meaning
  1. township (area set aside for non-white occupation in South Africa)
  2. township
  3. A term used historically in South Africa for areas where non-white populations were forced to live.
Examples

Muitas pessoas viviam em um township perto da cidade.

Many people lived in a township near the city.

Part of speechnoun

Usage noteThis word is a loanword from English used to describe a specific historical South African context.

Status: Pending verification

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.