kraal

Meaning

Noun

1. In Central and Southern Africa, a small rural community.
2. In Central and Southern Africa, a rural village of huts surrounded by a stockade.
3. An enclosure for livestock.

Verb

To enclose (livestock) within a kraal or stockade.

Synonyms

pen

🖊️

home

🏠

enclosure

village

cattle pen

compound

cow pen

corral

nest

Translations

kraal

ağıl

kraal

μαντρί

corral

redil

περίφρακτο χωριό

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kɹɑːl/

Etymology

From colonial Dutch kraal, from Portuguese curral. Doublet of corral.