Azania

American  

[uh-zey-nee-uh, uh-zeyn-yuh] / əˈzeɪ ni ə, əˈzeɪn yə /

noun

1. the Indigenous name applied to South Africa by Indigenous Black nationalists or liberationists.

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Azania British  

/ əˈzɑːnjə, əˈzɑːnɪə /

noun

1. another name for South Africa

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Other Word Forms

• Azanian noun

Etymology

Origin of Azania

First recorded in 1700–10; from Latin Azānius “pertaining to a region in Ethiopia or between Kenya and Tanzania, Azanian,” from Greek Azanía

Example Sentences

Some have even suggested changing the country's name to Azania.

From BBC • Oct. 11, 2025

Great Britain player Azania Stewart broke down in tears when talking about the future for her sport in a recent BBC Sport interview.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2015

Ishmaelia Azania Buranda Kangan In which novel does an "alarmingly modern young man" work for the periodical The Current?

From The Guardian • Nov. 29, 2012

Author Waugh calls his imaginary African country "Azania," an independent island about the size of Madagascar but much farther north.

From Time Magazine Archive

At Aromata, the Barbaria of the ancients, or the Adel of the moderns, terminates; and the coast of Azania, or Agan, begins.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 18 Historical Sketch of the Progress of Discovery, Navigation, and Commerce, from the Earliest Records to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, By William Stevenson by Stevenson, William