Rank 32 of 985 words5 places
South Africa
5 English words in this atlas point back to South Africa, spread across 5 places.
| Word | The place | Relationship | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| stellenboschA South African town became a verb for sidelining someone. | Stellenbosch | From the place | Well attested |
| KopiteThe word for a Liverpool fan comes from a hill in KwaZulu-Natal where Liverpool men died in 1900. | Spion Kop | Indirect | Well attested |
| mbobomkuliteOne South African cave yielded three new minerals in a single paper. | Mpumalanga | From the place | Well attested |
| orangeiteThe rock was renamed in 1995 for a republic that had stopped existing in 1902. | Orange Free State Province | Historical name | Well attested |
| zeerustA joke dictionary handed out spare meanings to place names, and this one escaped into science fiction criticism. | Zeerust | From the place | Well attested |