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backveld

backveld |ˈbakfɛlt | ▶noun (the backveld ) S. African remote country districts, especially when considered to be unsophisticated or conservative. DERIVATIVES backvelder noun ORIGIN partial translation of Afrikaans agterveld, literally ‘back countryside ’.

 

Oxford Dictionary

backveld

backveld |ˈbakfɛlt | ▶noun (the backveld ) S. African remote country districts, especially when considered to be unsophisticated or conservative. DERIVATIVES backvelder noun ORIGIN partial translation of Afrikaans agterveld, literally ‘back countryside ’.