Thirstland is a South African term for vast, arid expanses where water is scarce and the landscape bakes under relentless sun — think the Kalahari and Namib regions.
Thirstland is a South African term for vast, arid expanses where water is scarce and the landscape bakes under relentless sun — think the Kalahari and Namib regions. It's both a descriptive geographic term and a word that carries a real sense of harshness and isolation. In literature and travel writing, thirstland evokes the unforgiving beauty of southern Africa's desert wilderness, a place that tests anyone who ventures into it without adequate preparation.
The documentary followed a group crossing the thirstland on foot, carrying every drop of water they'd need to survive.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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(South Africa) A terrain characterized by thick scrubby trees and dense thickets of bush, interspersed with grassy groundcover.
(UK, dialect) or watery land.
(South Africa) The country, the countryside.
(chiefly, South Africa) The open grassland or pastureland of South Africa and neighbouring countries.
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(South Africa) An extensive arid region.
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