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Bantustan in a sentence

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Bantustan meaning

  1. Any of ten former territories defined as homelands for black South Africans under apartheid policy
  2. A political entity reminiscent of the old apartheid-era territories of the same name.

Using Bantustan

  • The main meaning on this page is: Any of ten former territories defined as homelands for black South Africans under apartheid policy | A political entity reminiscent of the old apartheid-era territories of the same name.
  • In the example corpus, bantustan often appears in combinations such as: the bantustan.

Context around Bantustan

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 21.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 4 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Bantustan

  • In this selection, "bantustan" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, kwazulu, independence and savages stand out and add context to how "bantustan" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include about the bantustan the poet and country the bantustan savages will. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "bantustan" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with bantustan

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

It’s only from bantustan. (5 words)

Mr. Gutierez, please tone down on those praises of the country, the bantustan savages will not be happy…. (18 words)

Mafeking also briefly served as capital of the pre-independence Bantustan of Bophuthatswana in the 1970s, before the adjoining town of Mmabatho was established as capital. (26 words)

IN his anthology of poems Footprints About the Bantustan, the poet, Dr Tafataona Mahoso deconstructs the mirage of Western capitalism and its effect on African nations and other Third World countries. (31 words)

During apartheid, he was the chief minister of the KwaZulu Bantustan: a semi-independent territory allocated to the Zulu people by the country's white supremacist government. (27 words)

Mafeking also briefly served as capital of the pre-independence Bantustan of Bophuthatswana in the 1970s, before the adjoining town of Mmabatho was established as capital. (26 words)

Example sentences (5)

During apartheid, he was the chief minister of the KwaZulu Bantustan: a semi-independent territory allocated to the Zulu people by the country's white supremacist government.

Mr. Gutierez, please tone down on those praises of the country, the bantustan savages will not be happy….

IN his anthology of poems Footprints About the Bantustan, the poet, Dr Tafataona Mahoso deconstructs the mirage of Western capitalism and its effect on African nations and other Third World countries.

It’s only from bantustan.

Mafeking also briefly served as capital of the pre-independence Bantustan of Bophuthatswana in the 1970s, before the adjoining town of Mmabatho was established as capital.

Common combinations with bantustan

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "bantustan" in a sentence?
An example: "During apartheid, he was the chief minister of the KwaZulu Bantustan: a semi-independent territory allocated to the Zulu people by the country's white supremacist government." This page contains 5 example sentences with the word "bantustan" from authentic English texts.
What does "bantustan" mean?
Bantustan means: Any of ten former territories defined as homelands for black South Africans under apartheid policy
How many example sentences with "bantustan" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 5 example sentences with "bantustan", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.