plaas
South African term, originally Afrikaans, for a farm or rural property — used across South African English to refer to farmland or a working agricultural estate.
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South African term, originally Afrikaans, for a farm or rural property — used across South African English to refer to farmland or a working agricultural estate. The word carries deep cultural weight in South Africa, tied to Afrikaner farming heritage, rural life, and the complicated history of land in the country. Whether it's a sprawling wine farm in the Western Cape or a maize operation on the Highveld, it's a 'plaas.' The word sounds exactly like what it describes — solid, grounded, unpretentious.
They spent the long weekend at her uncle's plaas outside Stellenbosch, braaiing and hiking the hills.
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(South Africa) A farm.
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