Bantustanとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From a Bantu language (ultimately from Proto-Bantu *bantʊ̀ (“people”)) + -stan (“home of”, suffix of Persian origin), after place names such as Hindustan.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˌbantuːˈstan/, /ˌbantuːˈstɑːn/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˌbæntuˈstæn/, /ˌbɑntuˈstɑn/, /ˈbæntuˌstæn/, /ˈbɑntuˌstɑn/
• 韻: -æn, -ɑːn

名詞

bantustan (plural bantustans)

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

関連する語

参照

• “bantustan”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “bantustan”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

アナグラム

• subnatant