Kaffir
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Kaffir and similar may refer to:
  • Kafir
    Kafir
    Kafir is an Arabic term used in a Islamic doctrinal sense, usually translated as "unbeliever" or "disbeliever"...

    , an Arabic term used by Muslims to describe non-Muslims.
  • Sunbeam Kaffir, an engine built by the Sunbeam car company
  • Kefir
    Kefir
    Kefir is a fermented milk drink that originated with shepherds of the North Caucasus region, who discovered that fresh milk carried in leather pouches would occasionally ferment into an effervescent beverage...

     or Kephir, a fermented milk drink from the Caucasus region
  • African Wildcat, formerly known as the Kaffir cat

Africa

  • Kaffir (racial term)
    Kaffir (racial term)
    The word kaffir, sometimes spelled kaffer or kafir, is an offensive term for a black person, most common in South Africa and other African countries...

    : a term used by Europeans for Black Africans, originating from certain usage of the Arabic term above.
  • The Nguni languages, called the Kaffa languages in the 19th century.
  • Fanagalo
    Fanagalo
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    , a Zulu-based pidgin language once referred to as Kitchen Kaffir.
  • Kaffraria
    Kaffraria
    Kaffraria was the descriptive name given to the southeast part of what is today the Eastern Cape of South Africa. Kaffraria, i.e. the land of the Kaffirs, is no longer an official designation...

     or British Kaffraria
    British Kaffraria
    British Kaffraria was a British colony/subordinate administrative entity in present-day South Africa, consisting of the districts now known as King Williams Town and East London.The term Kaffraria stems from the word "Kaffir"...

    , a former designation for King William's Town and East London, South Africa.
  • Kaffirs - used on the London Stock Exchange
    Stock exchange
    A stock exchange is an entity that provides services for stock brokers and traders to trade stocks, bonds, and other securities. Stock exchanges also provide facilities for issue and redemption of securities and other financial instruments, and capital events including the payment of income and...

     to refer to South African mining shares

Afghanistan

  • Kafiristan
    Kafiristan
    Kāfiristān or Kāfirstān was a historic name of Nurestan , a province in the Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan and Pakistan, prior to 1896. This historic region lies on, and mainly comprises, basins of the rivers Alingar, Pech , Landai Sin, and Kunar, and the intervening mountain ranges...

    , the historic name for the Nuristan Province in Afghanistan
  • The Nuristani people descendants of the Hindukush Kafir people
  • The Nuristani languages
    Nuristani languages
    The Nuristani languages are one of the three groups within the Indo-Iranian language family, alongside the much larger Indo-Aryan and Iranian groups. They are spoken primarily in eastern Afghanistan...

     once called Kafiiri or Kafiristani
  • Kafir harp
    Kafir harp
    The Kafir harp is a traditional Arched harp used by the Kafirs in the Nuristan province of Afghanistan. It is played during social gatherings, and to accompany epic storytelling or songs of heroic tales...


South Asia

  • Sri Lanka Kaffir people
    Sri Lanka Kaffir people
    The Sri Lankan Kaffirs are an ethnic group in Sri Lanka who are partially descended from 16th century Portuguese traders and the African slaves who were brought by them to work as labourers and soldiers to fight against the Sri Lankan kings...

    , an ethnic group
  • Sri Lanka Kaffir language, a creole spoken by that people

Botany

  • Kaffir lime
    Kaffir lime
    The kaffir lime, Citrus × hystrix, Rutaceae), is also known as combava, kieffer lime, limau purut, jeruk purut or makrut 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
      Clivia miniata
      Clivia miniata is a species of clivia, from South Africa. It grows to a height of about 45cm in the shade of trees and shrubs, and flowers are red, orange or yellow, with a faint, but very sweet perfume...

    • Hesperantha coccinea
      Hesperantha coccinea
      Hesperantha coccinea is a flowering plant in the family Iridaceae, native to South Africa and Zimbabwe....

  • Kaffir or Kaffir corn, another name for the grain Sorghum
    Sorghum
    Sorghum is a genus of numerous species of grasses, one of which is raised for grain and many of which are used as fodder plants either cultivated or as part of pasture. The plants are cultivated in warmer climates worldwide. Species are native to tropical and subtropical regions of all continents...

    .
  • Kaffir boom (Erythrina lysistemon
    Erythrina lysistemon
    Erythrina lysistemon is a species of deciduous tree in the pea family, Fabaceae, that is native to South Africa. Common names include Common Coral Tree, Lucky Bean Tree, Kaffir Boom, Transvaal Kafferboom, Umsintsi , Muvhale , Mophete , Kanniedood , Mokhungwane and Umsinsi...

    ), a species of tree in the Fabaceae family.
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