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Kaffir may refer to: Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 151 languages. ...

Islam

• Kafir, an Islamic term usually translated as unbeliever similar to the Christian word pagan or Jewish word goy.

This article is about an Islamic term. ... Islam (Arabic: ; ( â–¶ (help· info)), the submission to God) is a monotheistic faith, one of the Abrahamic religions and the worlds second-largest religion. ... An infidel (literally, one without faith) is one who doubts or rejects central tenets of a religion, especially those regarding its deities. ... For other uses, see Christian (disambiguation). ... Pagan may refer to: A believer in Paganism or Neopaganism Bagan, a city in Myanmar also known as Pagan Pagan (album), the 6th album by Celtic metal band Cruachan Pagan Island, of the Northern Mariana Islands Pagan Lorn, a metal band from Luxembourg, Europe (1994-1998) Pagans Mind, is... The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination of these attributes. ... Goy (Hebrew: גוי, plural goyim גוים) is a transliterated Hebrew word which translates as nation or people. // A page from Elia Levitas Yiddish-Hebrew-Latin-German dictionary (16th century) contains a list of nations, including word גוי, translated to Latin as Ethnicus In the Hebrew Bible, goy and its variants appear over...

Africa

• Kaffir (ethnic slur), a pejorative used to describe persons of African descent mostly in South Africa and Jamaica.
• Kaffir (Historical usage in southern Africa), an obsolete blanket term for the majority of natives of Southern Africa.
• The Nguni languages, called the Kaffir languages in the 19th century.
• Fanagalo, a Zulu based pidgin language once referred to as Kitchen Kaffir.
• Kaffraria or British Kaffraria, a former designation for King William's Town and East London, South Africa.
• Kaffir boom, a species of tree in the Fabaceae family.

Kaffir,Kaffer or kafir, which once was a blanket term for black southern Africans (see Kaffir (historical usage in southern Africa)), is now used exclusively as an ethnic or racial slur. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with pejoration. ... The word Kaffir was used in English and Dutch, from the 16th century to the early 20th century as a blanket term for several different peoples of southern Africa. ... Nguni is a group of languages spoken in southern Africa including isiZulu, isiXhosa, siSwati, and isiNdebele. ... Fanagalo or Fanakalo is a pidgin based on the Zulu, English, and Afrikaans languages. ... Languages Zulu Religions Christian, African Traditional Religion Related ethnic groups Bantu Nguni Basotho Xhosa Swazi Matabele Khoisan The Zulu (South African English and isiZulu: amaZulu) are a South African ethnic group of an estimated 17-22 million people who live mainly in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. ... This article is about simplified languages. ... Kaffraria was the descriptive name given to the southeast part of the Cape Province of South Africa. ... British Kaffraria was a former administrative entity in present-day South Africa, consisting of the districts now known as King Williams Town and East London. ... Subfamilies Faboideae Caesalpinioideae Mimosoideae References GRIN-CA 2002-09-01 The name Fabaceae belongs to either of two families, depending on viewpoint. ...

South Asia

• Sri Lanka Kaffir people, an ethnic group
• Sri Lanka Kaffir language, a creole spoken by that people

The Kaffirs (English) or cafrinhas (Portuguese) are an ethnic group in Sri Lanka who are partially descended from 16th century Portuguese traders and the African slaves who were brought by them, as well as local Tamil and Sinhalese people. ... Sri Lanka Indo-Portuguese or Sri Lanka Portuguese Creole is a language spoken in Sri Lanka. ...

Middle East

• Kafiristan, the historic name for the Nuristan Province in Afghanistan
• The Nuristani people descendants of the Hindukush Kafir people
• The Nuristani languages once called Kafiiri or Kafiristani
• Kafir harp

Kafiristan or Kafirstan (Land of the non believers in the Persian) was a historic name of Nurestan (Nuristan), a province in the Hindukush(Killer of Hindu Mountains) region of Afghanistan and Pakistan. ... A smiling Nuristani girl. ... Nuristani languages form a language sub-family of the Indo-Iranian languages localized between the Iranian languages and the Indo-Aryan languages Ashkun language Kamviri language Kati language (Bashgali) Prasuni language (Wasi-Weri) Tregami language Waigali language (Kalasha-Ala) Categories: Language stubs | Indo-Iranian languages ...

Botany

• Kaffir lime, a variety of lime native to Indonesia also known as a makrut lime.
• Kaffir lily, one of two flowers found in southern Africa

• Clivia miniata
• Hesperantha coccinea

Kaffir limes on sale Kaffir lime (left), used in Thai cooking, with galangal root. ... Lime has several meanings: Look up Lime in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Lime (mineral) - a group of calcium compounds and minerals in which they predominate, including: Limestone Agricultural lime - a mineral soil additive Calcium oxide (also quicklime) - a chemical compound Calcium hydroxide (also slaked lime) - a chemical compound Lime (fruit... Binomial name Clivia miniata Regel Clivia miniata (also known as Bush lily) is a species of clivia. ...

Other

• Sunbeam Kaffir, an engine from the Sunbeam Car Company
• Kefir or Kephir, a fermented milk drink from the Caucasus region

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