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Meaning of KRAAL

Pronunciation:  krâl

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a pen for livestock in southern Africa
  2. [n]  a village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa; usually surrounded by a stockade
 
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 See Also: hamlet, pen, village

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Kraal\ (?; 277), n. [D., a village, inclosure, park,
prob. fr. Pg. curral a cattle pen; the same word as Sp.
corral. See {Corral}.]
1. A collection of huts within a stockade; a village;
   sometimes, a single hut. [South Africa]
2. An inclosure into which are driven wild elephants which
   are to be tamed and educated. [Ceylon]
 
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