Republic of South Africa
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- proper noun
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República de Sudáfrica
- Within the African continent, only Libya and possibly the Republic of South Africa would seem to be potential customers for nuclear technology or weapons.
Examples
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"Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome... the President of the Republic of South Africa."
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by Shovel in the Republic of South Africa on September 15, 2012
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Open Letter to Jacob Zuma, President of the Republic of South Africa
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The results have been bundled in several papers, one of which covers "public attitudes towards the President of the Republic of South Africa."
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The end of the apartheid regime in the Republic of South Africa is on the horizon, as recent developments demonstrate.
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"I, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela... do hereby swear to be faithful... to the Republic of South Africa."
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In the name of anticommunism, Portugal and the Republic of South Africa benefited immensely from this approach at the expense of African nationalism.
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And the Republic of South Africa helped the U.S. through its "destructive engagement" policy toward Angola, Mozambique, and the Southern African Development Coordinating Conference member states.
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Botha actually admitted to Parliament on 21 April 1986 that "between 1973 and 1984 the Republic of South Africa had to pay R22 billion ($25 billion) more for oil than it would normally have spent.
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"Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome... the President of the Republic of South Africa."
Synonyms
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A country at the southern tip of Africa with many cultures and languages
Surface Forms
Morphology
republic + of + South + Africa
The name 'Republic of South Africa' is transparently compositional: a B1 learner who knows 'republic' (a state governed by representatives), 'South' (a cardinal direction/region), and 'Africa' (the continent) can directly infer it denotes the republic located in the southern African region. This is a standard country-naming pattern found cross-linguistically, so the meaning is immediately understandable from the constituents.
Etymology
Republic of South Africa combines Republic (a country where leaders are chosen by the people) and South Africa (the country at the southern tip of the African continent). After the country became independent, this became its 'official name', so today the phrase refers to that nation.