Namibia

geographical name

Na·​mib·​ia nə-ˈmi-bē-ə 

variants or formerly South-West Africa or 1884–1919 German Southwest Africa

country on the Atlantic Ocean in southwestern Africa that is bisected by the Tropic of Capricorn; capital Windhoek area 318,261 square miles (824,292 square kilometers), population 2,533,000

Note: Until 1990 Namibia was a territory administered by South Africa, which captured it from Germany in World War I.

Namibian

nə-ˈmi-bē-ən 

-byən

adjective or noun