spazan.

Brit.

/ˈspɑːzə/, U.S.

/ˈspɑzə/, South African English

/ˈspɑːzə/

Forms: 1900s– sphaza, 1900s– spaza.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: spaza.

Etymology: < spaza (in township slang) camouflage, dummy, of unknown origin.

South African.

A small, unregulated and unlicensed grocery shop in a township, usually run from a private house. Frequently (and in earliest use) attributive, esp. in spaza shop.

ΚΠ

1988 N.Y. Times 13 Nov. f8/2 Backyard retail operations [in South Africa], known as ‘spaza’ shops.

1991 World Press Rev. July 42/2 Nokwhakha..has her small spaza, or grocery shop, looking packed and prosperous.

2002 Africa 72 539 In the early 1990s he moved into the growing informal settlement, where he ran a small spaza store.

2010 Guardian (Nexis) 5 June (Travel section) 2 Every village has a spaza, a store selling basic provisions including, happily, cold beer.

2016 T. Noah Born a Crime iii. 41 A black-market economy rose up, with every type of business being run out of someone's house... The most common were the spaza shops and the shebeens.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	spaza
释义	spazan. Brit. /ˈspɑːzə/, U.S. /ˈspɑzə/, South African English /ˈspɑːzə/ Forms: 1900s– sphaza, 1900s– spaza. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: spaza. Etymology: < spaza (in township slang) camouflage, dummy, of unknown origin. South African. A small, unregulated and unlicensed grocery shop in a township, usually run from a private house. Frequently (and in earliest use) attributive, esp. in spaza shop. ΚΠ 1988 N.Y. Times 13 Nov. f8/2 Backyard retail operations [in South Africa], known as ‘spaza’ shops. 1991 World Press Rev. July 42/2 Nokwhakha..has her small spaza, or grocery shop, looking packed and prosperous. 2002 Africa 72 539 In the early 1990s he moved into the growing informal settlement, where he ran a small spaza store. 2010 Guardian (Nexis) 5 June (Travel section) 2 Every village has a spaza, a store selling basic provisions including, happily, cold beer. 2016 T. Noah Born a Crime iii. 41 A black-market economy rose up, with every type of business being run out of someone's house... The most common were the spaza shops and the shebeens. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1988
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