kraal
pronunciation
How to pronounce kraal in British English:
UK [krɑ:l]
How to pronounce kraal in American English:
US [krɔl, krɑl]
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- Noun:
- a village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa; usually surrounded by a stockade
- a pen for livestock in southern Africa
Word Origin
- kraal
- kraal: see corral
- kraal (n.)
- "village, pen, enclosure," 1731, South African, from colonial Dutch kraal, from Portuguese curral (see corral).
Example
- 1. He had to learn always to be truthful to the people of his own tribe and kraal .
- 2. Grin and bear it : elephants painted as pandas are seen at the royal elephant kraal in ayutthaya province , 80 km ( 50 miles ) north of bangkok yesterday .