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namibia

Main Entry:: Na·mib·ia
Pronunciation:: \nə-ˈmi-bē-ə\
Variant(s):: or formerly South–West Africa or 1884–1919 German Southwest Africa
Function:: geographical name

country SW Africa on the Atlantic; until 1990 a territory administered by South Africa which captured it from Germany in World War I capital Windhoek area 318,321 square miles (824,451 square kilometers), population 1,826,854

— Na·mib·ian

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\-bē-ən, -byən\ adjective or noun

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