Namibia
Namibia noun - A republic in southwestern Africa on the south Atlantic coast (formerly called South West Africa); achieved independence from South Africa in 1990; the greater part of Namibia forms part of the high Namibian plateau of South Africa.
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South West Africa and Namibia are semantically related. In some cases you can use "South West Africa" instead a noun "Namibia".
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South West Africa
South West Africa noun - A republic in southwestern Africa on the south Atlantic coast (formerly called South West Africa); achieved independence from South Africa in 1990; the greater part of Namibia forms part of the high Namibian plateau of South Africa.
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Namibia and South West Africa are semantically related. You can use "Namibia" instead a noun phrase "South West Africa".
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During The Apartheid Era, the South Africans fought a border war with Angola (and unsuccessfully tried to stop Namibia, ex-German South West Africa, from gaining independence) against Marxist guerrillas- a reason why the US and UK were reluctant to challenge the regime too closely.
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South West Africa and Namibia. (2017). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/namibia/south_west_africa
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