white man's grave

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von white man's grave im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

Africa, or more specifically, western Africa or Sierra Leone. By extension, any other land subject to Western colonialism or missionizing that is comparably deadly

Not only this, but it is also much higher than the death-rate of such insanitary places as Borne, Venice, Hamburg, and Munich, and actually falls not far short of the rate recorded in that white man's grave Calcutta.

Silbentrennung

White man's grave

Türkische aussprache

hwayt mänz greyv

Synonyme

white men's grave

Aussprache

/ˈhwīt ˈmanz ˈgrāv/ /ˈhwaɪt ˈmænz ˈɡreɪv/

Etymologie

() * The nickname is a result of the high mortality rate among white missionary and colonists in Africa, due to the tropical climate, diseases, and sanitation.