Mafeking

Proper noun

Meaning

Mafeking

Dated form of Mahikeng (“place in South Africa”).

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Related terms

maffick

Examples

'Historical Overview' in Antony O'Brien, Bye-Bye Dolly Gray The British lost 120 killed and 690 wounded and were prevented from relieving Kimberley and Mafeking. Source: Internet

The city changed its name from Gaberones to Gaborone in 1969. citation In 1965, the capital of the Bechuanaland Protectorate moved from Mafeking to Gaberones. Source: Internet

Following a local referendum on the issue, Mafeking joined Bophuthatswana in 1980, three years after Bophuthatswana was awarded independence, and was renamed Mafikeng, and treated as a suburb of Mmabatho. Source: Internet

In Mafeking, Sol Plaatje wrote, "I saw horseflesh for the first time being treated as a human foodstuff." Source: Internet

Mafeking also briefly served as capital of the pre-independence Bantustan of Bophuthatswana in the 1970s, before the adjoining town of Mmabatho was established as capital. Source: Internet

Mafeking, being a railway junction, provided good supply facilities and was the obvious place for Baden-Powell to fortify in readiness for such attacks. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

mafaldine mafe mafeesh mafenide maff Maffeo