plaas
/plɑːs/South African
noun
A farm, a homestead. In later use also (mildly depreciative ): (with the) a farming area, regarded as unsophisticated or unworldly.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Thomas Pringle (1789–1834), poet, journalist, and philanthropist. FromSouth African Dutch plaas (Afrikaans plaas), Dutch plaats farm, place, square: see place.