Mzansi

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Mzansi is a South African word used as an informal name for the country or the people of South Africa in recent years.

According to the Lexico.com[1], it derives from the Xhosa word "uMzantsi", (um- + -zantsi = low or south).

The term is also found as the name of a TV channel (Mzansi Magic) and of a low-cost national bankinɡ account in South Africa

Sources

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/mzansi

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/mzans

https://www.lexico.com/definition/mzansi