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Definition of Orange free state
1. Noun. A province in central South Africa that was colonized by the Boers; named Free State in 1997.
Generic synonyms: Province, State
Group relationships: Republic Of South Africa, South Africa
Definition of Orange free state
1. Proper noun. A province of South Africa, formerly a Dutch colony bordering the Orange River. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Orange Free State
Literary usage of Orange free state
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1899)
"orange free state. Boon (MJ) The history of the orange free state. London, 1885.
8°. Great Britain. Agreement with the orange free state, respecting the ..."
2. Select Constitutional Documents Illustrating South African History, 1795-1910 by George von Welfling Eybers (1918)
"prosperity, that if, within five years from this date, the orange free state
shall establish a line of railway to connect with the Natal Railway, ..."
3. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Shortly afterwards the representative of the orange free state withdrew. ...
See KIMBERLEY, CAPE COLONY, TRANSVAAL and ORANGE FREE. STATE. ..."
4. Studies in History and Jurisprudence by James Bryce Bryce (1901)
"The orange free state had, for many years prior to 1899, a comparatively tranquil
and uneventful career. One native war inflicted some injury upon it, ..."
5. Studies in History and Jurisprudence by James Bryce Bryce (1901)
"The orange free state had, for many years prior to 1899, a comparatively tranquil
and uneventful career. One native war inflicted some injury upon it, ..."
6. Impressions of South Africa by James Bryce Bryce (1900)
"CHAPTER XIX THE orange free state IN the last preceding chapter I have ...
But most travelers in fact enter via Cape Colony and the orange free state, ..."
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