Kaffir

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Kaffir or Kafir may refer to:

Ethnicity and religion

  • Kafir, a term for a non-Muslims
  • Kaffir (racial term), an ethnic slur used in South Africa
  • The Nuristani people, an ethnic group of Pakistan and Afghanistan
  • Sri Lanka Kaffir people, an ethnic group

Languages

  • Fanagalo, a Zulu-based pidgin language once referred to as Kitchen Kaffir
  • Sri Lanka Kaffir language, a creole spoken by that people
  • Kafiiri or Kafiristani, terms for the Nuristani languages of the Hindu Kush

Places

  • Kaffraria or British Kaffraria, a former designation for King William's Town and East London, South Africa
  • Kafir, Idlib, a village in Syria
  • Kafiristan, the historic name for the Nuristan Province in Afghanistan
  • Kaffrine, a city in Senegal

Plants

  • Kaffir lime, a variety of lime fruit native to Indonesia also known as a makrut lime
  • Kaffir lily (disambiguation), one of two flowers found in southern Africa:
    • Clivia miniata
    • Hesperantha coccinea
  • Kafir, kaffir or kaffircorn, another name for the grain sorghum
  • Kaffir boom (Erythrina lysistemon), a species of tree in the family Fabaceae

Other uses

  • Kaafir (Pakistani TV series), a 2011 television series
  • Kaafir (Indian TV series), a 2019 Indian web television series
  • Kafir harp
  • Sunbeam Kaffir, an engine built by the Sunbeam car company
  • African wildcat, formerly known as the Kaffir cat
  • Kaffir-D Stone, the alpha form of gypsum (calcium sulphate hemihydrate; (CaSO4)2H2O) used in the manufacture of dentures.

See also


Topics referred to by the same term
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