Definitions for Kraal
krɑlkraal

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. kraalnoun

   a village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa; usually surrounded by a stockade

2. kraalnoun

   a pen for livestock in southern Africa

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. kraalnoun

   In Central and Southern Africa, a rural village of huts surrounded by a stockade.

2. kraalnoun

   An enclosure for livestock.

3. Etymology: From colonial kraal, from curral.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Kraal

   Kraal (also spelled craal or kraul) is an Afrikaans and Dutch word, also used in South African English, for an enclosure for cattle or other livestock, located within a Southern African settlement or village surrounded by a fence of thorn-bush branches, a palisade, mud wall, or other fencing, roughly circular in form. It is similar to a boma in eastern or central Africa. In Curaçao, another Dutch colony, the enclosure was called "koraal" which in Papiamentu is translated "kura" (still in use today for any enclosed terrain, like a garden).

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. kraal

   A kraal is a traditional type of African village surrounded by a fence, often associated with people of Southern Africa. It can also refer to an enclosure for livestock, such as cattle or sheep, within such a village.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Kraalnoun

   a collection of huts within a stockade; a village; sometimes, a single hut

2. Kraalnoun

   an inclosure into which are driven wild elephants which are to be tamed and educated

3. Etymology: [D., a village, inclosure, park, prob. fr. Pg. curral a cattle pen; the same word as Sp. corral. See Corral.]

WikidataRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Kraal

   Kraal is an Afrikaans and Dutch word for an enclosure for cattle or other livestock, located within an African settlement or village surrounded by a palisade, mud wall, or other fencing, roughly circular in form. In the Dutch language a kraal is a term derived from the Portuguese word curral, cognate with the Spanish-language corral, which entered into English separately. The term primarily refers to the type of dispersed homestead characteristic of the Nguni-speaking peoples of southern Africa. Although from the period of colonisation, European South Africans and historians commonly referred to the entire settlement as a kraal, ethnographers have long recognised that its proper referent is the animal pen area within a homestead. Modern ethnographers call the several human dwellings within a homestead houses. Folds for animals and enclosures made specially for defensive purposes are also called kraals. In Eastern and Central Africa, the equivalent word for a livestock enclosure is boma, but this has taken on wider meanings.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Kraal

   kräl, n. a Hottentot village or hut [Dut. kraal—Port. curral—L. currĕre.]

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. kraal

   (probably from the language of the Hottentots). In South Africa, a village; a collection of huts; sometimes a single hut. This term is applied to the villages and military camps of the Zulus.

Etymology and OriginsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Kraal

   The Kaffir term for a collection of huts shaped like a beehive and arranged in circular form, a native South African village.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. KRAAL

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Kraal is ranked #150452 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Kraal surname appeared 109 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Kraal.
   
   88.9% or 97 total occurrences were White.
   4.5% or 5 total occurrences were Black.

Matched Categories

1. • Pen
   • Village

Anagrams for Kraal »

1. Karla

How to pronounce Kraal?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Kraal in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Kraal in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Kraal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Kraal
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Kraal
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraal
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Kraal
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Kraal
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Kraal
8. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html
9. ^ Etymology and Origins
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54657/pg54657-images.html#:~:text=Kraal
10. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
    https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html