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Kaffir may be meaning:

Islam

Africa

  • The Nguni languages, called the Kaffa languages in the 19th century.
  • Fanagalo, a Zulu based pidgin language once referred to as Kitchen Kaffir.
  • Kaffraria or British Kaffraria, a former designation for King William's Town and East London, South Africa.
  • Kaffir boom, a species of tree in the Fabaceae family.
  • South African ethnic slur for a black person. Thought to be borrowed from the language of the Cape Malay, who are an Islamic people.

South Asia

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

Middle East

  • Kafiristan, the historic name for the Nuristan Province in Afghanistan
  • The Nuristani people descendants of the Hindukush Kafir people
  • The Nuristani languages once called Kafiiri or Kafiristani
  • Kafir harp

Botany

  • Kaffir lime, a variety of lime native to Indonesia also known as a makrut lime.
  • Kaffir lily, one of two flowers found in southern Africa
  • Clivia miniata
  • Hesperantha coccinea

Other

  • Sunbeam Kaffir, an engine from the Sunbeam Car Company
  • Kefir or Kephir, a fermented milk drink from the Caucasus region
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