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ban·tus·tan
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bantustannoun
Any of ten former territories defined as homelands for black South Africans
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Bantustan
A bantustan was a territory set aside for black inhabitants of South Africa and South West Africa, as part of the policy of apartheid. Ten bantustans were established in South Africa, and ten in neighbouring South-West Africa, for the purpose of concentrating the members of designated ethnic groups, thus making each of those territories ethnically homogeneous as the basis for creating "autonomous" nation states for South Africa's different black ethnic groups. The term was first used in the late 1940s, and was coined from Bantu and -stan. The word sthān is cognate in Sanskrit meaning land or kingdom. It was regarded as a disparaging term by some critics of the apartheid-era government's "homelands". The word "bantustan", today, is often used in a pejorative sense when describing a region that lacks any real legitimacy, consists of several unconnected enclaves, and/or emerges from national or international gerrymandering.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Bantustan in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Bantustan in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
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