kaffir

a slur used to refer to indigenous black people in South Africa; derived from the Arabic term for "unbeliever", i.e. pagan
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Summary

kaffir is an ethnophaulism[1]. kaffir draws 1,436 Wikipedia views per month (ethnophaulism category, ranking #7 of 50).[2]

Key Facts

  • kaffir's image is recorded as Voyage dans l'intérieur de l'afrique 1007084.jpg[3].
  • kaffir's instance of is recorded as ethnophaulism[4].
  • kafir is named after kaffir[5].
  • kaffir's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0502wc[6].
  • kaffir's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[7].
  • kaffir's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[8].
  • kaffir's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • kaffir's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • kaffir's different from is recorded as kafir[11].
  • kaffir's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 2053934[12].
  • kaffir's Catholic Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 08591b[13].
  • kaffir's Catholic Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 15414a[14].
  • kaffir's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as kaffer[15].
  • kaffir's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject African diaspora[16].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for kaffir include British Kaffraria[17], a colony[18], in British Empire[19], founded in 1835[20]; Kaffraria[21], a region[22], in South Africa[23]; and Plaine des Cafres[24], a plateau[25], in France[26].

Why It Matters

kaffir draws 1,436 Wikipedia views per month (ethnophaulism category, ranking #7 of 50).[2] kaffir has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] kaffir is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

Entities named for kaffir include British Kaffraria[17], a colony[18], in British Empire[19], founded in 1835[20]; Kaffraria[21], a region[22], in South Africa[23]; and Plaine des Cafres[24], a plateau[25], in France[26].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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