Adams College
Adams College is a historic Christian mission school in South Africa, associated with the United Congregational Church of Southern Africa. It was founded in 1853 at Amanzimtoti a settlement just over 20 miles south of Durban by an American missionary.- Type: Locality
- Description: school in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- Also known as: “Adams M.S.”, “Adams Mission”, and “Adams Mission Station”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include KwaMakhutha and Doonside.
KwaMakhutha
Town
KwaMakhutha is a township in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, situated inland from eManzimtoti and means "at the Makhutha location", Makhutha is the clan name of the local king Makhanya and the word Makhutha means stale or rot, Kwa means place of. KwaMakhutha is situated 4½ km east of Adams College.
Doonside
Suburb
Doonside is a small beachside resort suburb in Kingsburgh, some 30 km south-west of Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa on the South Coast. At first the siding was called Middleton, after its builder, but to avoid confusion with Middleton in the Cape the name was changed in 1910 to Doonside, after a house called Lorna Doone which overlooked the siding. Doonside is situated 7 km southeast of Adams College.
Amanzimtoti
Photo: Michaelwild, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Amanzimtoti is a town of 14,000 people on the south coast of KwaZulu-Natal. The town is well known for its warm climate and numerous beaches, and is a popular tourist destination, particularly with surfers.
Adams College
- Category: school
- Location: Ethekwini, eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Zulu—“Adams College” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Ադամս քոլեջ”
- Catalan: “Adams College”
- Danish: “Adams College”
- French: “Adams College”
- French: “Collège Adams”
- Irish: “Coláiste Adams”
- Japanese: “アダムズ・カレッジ”
- Russian: “Колледж Адамса”
- Swedish: “Adams College”
- Zulu: “I-Adams College”
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