title: Kaffir
text: # Kaffir
  
  Kaffir or Kafir may refer to:
  
  ## Ethnicity and religion
  
  * Kafir, a term for a non-Muslims
  * Kaffir (racial term), an ethnic slur used in South Africa
  * The Nuristani people, an ethnic group of Pakistan and Afghanistan
  * Sri Lanka Kaffir people, an ethnic group
  
  ## Languages
  
  * Fanagalo, a Zulu-based pidgin language once referred to as Kitchen Kaffir
  * Sri Lanka Kaffir language, a creole spoken by that people
  * Kafiiri or Kafiristani, terms for the Nuristani languages of the Hindu Kush
  
  ## Places
  
  * Kaffraria or British Kaffraria, a former designation for King William's Town and East London, South Africa
  * Kafir, Idlib, a village in Syria
  * Kafiristan, the historic name for the Nuristan Province in Afghanistan
  * Kaffrine, a city in Senegal
  
  ## Plants
  
  * Kaffir lime, a variety of lime fruit native to Indonesia also known as a makrut lime
  * Kaffir lily (disambiguation), one of two flowers found in southern Africa:
     * Clivia miniata
     * Hesperantha coccinea
  * Kafir, kaffir or kaffircorn, another name for the grain sorghum
  * Kaffir boom (Erythrina lysistemon), a species of tree in the family Fabaceae
  
  ## Other uses
  
  * Kaafir (Pakistani TV series), a 2011 television series
  * Kaafir (Indian TV series), a 2019 Indian web television series
  * Kafir harp
  * Sunbeam Kaffir, an engine built by the Sunbeam car company
  * African wildcat, formerly known as the Kaffir cat
  * Kaffir-D Stone, the alpha form of gypsum (calcium sulphate hemihydrate; (CaSO4)2H2O) used in the manufacture of dentures.
  