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kraal
Kraal (also spelled ''craal'' or ''kraul'') is an Afrikaans and Dutch word (also used in South African English) for an enclosure for cattle or other livestock, located within an African settlement or village surrounded by a fence of thorn-bush branches, a palisade, mud wall, or other fencing, roughly circular in form. It is similar to a ''boma'' in eastern or central Africa.
In Curaçao, another Dutch colony, the enclosure was called "koraal" which in Papiamentu is translated "kura" (still in use today for any enclosed terrain, like a garden).
==Etymology==
In the Dutch language a ''kraal'' is a term derived from the Portuguese word ,〔''Random House Unabridged Dictionary'': Kraal: "Origin: 1725–35; < Afrikaans < Portuguese ''curral'' pen"〕 cognate with the Spanish-language , which entered into English separately. In Eastern and Central Africa, the equivalent word for a livestock enclosure is ''boma'', but this has taken on wider meanings.
In some Southern African regions, the term Kraal is used in scouting to refer to the team of Scout Leaders of a group.
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