A naartjie (Citrus reticulata, Citrus nobilis), or nartjie, is a soft loose-skinned South African citrus fruit. It is also known as a mandarin, satsuma or tangerine outside of South Africa.[citation needed]
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The name is Afrikaans and is originally from the Tamil word nartei meaning citrus.[citation needed] The word has been used in South Africa since 1790, but the first written recorded English use is by Graham Green in the Tavern of the Seas 1947.[citation needed]
References
- Jean Branford: A dictionary of South African English. Oxford 1978.
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