Johannesburg

[joh-han-is-burg, -hah-nis-; Du. yoh-hahn-uhs-bœrkh]

noun

a city in S Transvaal, in the NE Republic of South Africa. 1,441,000.

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Johannesburg (dʒəʊˈhænɪsˌbɜːɡ)

—n
	a city in N South Africa; the capital of Gauteng province: South Africa's largest city and chief industrial centre; grew with the establishment in 1886 of the gold-mining industry; University of Witwatersrand (1922). Pop: 1 009 036 (2001)

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Johannesburg [(joh-han-uhs-burg, joh-hah-nuhs-burg)]

Largest city in South Africa, located in the northeastern part of the country.

Note: It is the commercial center for South Africa's diamond and gold industries.

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