apartheid flag

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English

The apartheid flag

Alternative forms

Etymology

From apartheid +‎ flag. From Afrikaans apartheid (separateness), and it being the flag of a state that practiced it.

Proper noun

apartheid flag (plural apartheid flags)

  1. Oranje, Blanje, Blou
    • 2007, Anthony Peckham, INVICTUS (aka "The Human Factor"):
      Lots of OLD SOUTH AFRICAN FLAGS -- the blue, white and orange apartheid flag -- make a defiant statement against the NEW SOUTH AFRICAN FLAGS ringing the stadium.
    • 2008, Apartheid flag gaffe sparks row, United Kingdom: BBC:
      South Africans have condemned the use of the old apartheid flag on Africa Nations Cup posters in Ghana.

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