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Added 9 October 2026

kraal

/kɹɑːl/ noun

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about kraal at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

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

verb

To enclose (livestock) within a kraal or stockade.

Origin

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

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