South West Africa

noun

1. another name for Namibia

Example Sentences

The war in South West Africa and Angola became a proxy for the ongoing Cold War and Western countries’ fear of communism spreading.

From Salon

Namibia faced apartheid when neighboring South Africa’s white minority government controlled what they called South West Africa.

From Seattle Times

Namibia’s liberation party — South West Africa People’s Organization, or Swapo — took over and governs to this day.

From New York Times

Then known as German South West Africa, the atrocities committed there have been described by historians as "the forgotten genocide" of the early 20th Century.

From BBC

Thousands of Herero and Nama people were killed by German colonial forces between 1904 and 1908, after the tribes rebelled against German rule of the colony, then named German South West Africa.

From Reuters