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South" Af'rica
Republic of, a country in S Africa; member of the Commonwealth of Nations until 1961. 25,000,000; 472,000 sq. mi. (1,222,480 sq. km).
Capitals: Pretoria and Cape Town. Formerly,
Union of South Africa. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.