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Orange Free State

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  • proper noun A province of South Africa, formerly a Dutch colony bordering the Orange River.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a province in central South Africa that was colonized by the Boers; named Free State in 1997

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Examples

  • It "is our language and our culture," says Melinda Dekker, director of the provincial museums in the Free State, a stronghold of pro-Dutch sentiment that was called the Orange Free State until 1995 and still includes an all-white Afrikaner town called Orania.

    South Africa Forgives the Dutch 2010

  • Both parents were originally from the Free State Province (formerly known as Orange Free State).

    ANC Today 2008

  • CAPE TOWN, Aug 30 (Reuter) - Katlehong was the deadliest police district in the country last year with an average of almost three murders a day and the Orange Free State was the safest province, according to figures released on Tuesday.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1994

  • For more than a century, what was once known as the Orange Free State was an independent Afrikaner republic.

    Fore, right! DONNA BRYSON 2010

  • For more than a century, what was once known as the Orange Free State was an independent Afrikaner republic.

    The Shad Plank 2010

  • For more than a century, what was once known as the Orange Free State was an independent Afrikaner republic.

    The Shad Plank 2010

  • For more than a century, what was once known as the Orange Free State was an independent Afrikaner republic.

    ajc.com - News DONNA BRYSON 2010

  • Foreseeing that the peaceful development of the country depended on recognising and balancing. the interests of all three (particularly between the Boers and the black tribes) he worked tirelessly to bring about a confederation, won the support of the Boers of the Orange Free State and the British of the Cape, and would have succeeded but for the reluctance of the home government to assume further responsibility and expense in Southern Africa.

    THE NUMBERS 2010

  • I am going to learn more and wikipediate to learn more about the Orange Free State.

    From The Mouths of Husbands: Mr Colombina Reviews Don’t Get Me Wrong Baby, I Don’t Swallow Marina Geigert 2009

  • Just thought I'd mention, as a proud South African: the name refers to a province of South Africa, The Orange Free State ok and that one is a looooong story, wiki it, because one of the originators of this stuff is originally South African.

    From The Mouths of Husbands: Mr Colombina Reviews Don’t Get Me Wrong Baby, I Don’t Swallow Marina Geigert 2009

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