# South West Africa

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
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.

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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