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Pretoria
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tawr
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noun
a city in and the administrative capital of the Republic of South Africa, in the NE part: also the capital of Transvaal. 595,000.
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Trans·vaal
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noun
a province in the NE Republic of South Africa. 8,717,530; 110,450 sq. mi. (286,066 sq. km).
Capital:
Pretoria.
Formerly,
South African Republic.
Related forms
Trans·vaal·er,
noun
Trans·vaal·i·an,
adjective
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Pretoria
(prɪˈtɔːrɪə)
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n
Also called:
Tshwane
a city in N South Africa, the administrative capital of South Africa; formerly capital of Transvaal province: two universities (1873, 1930); large steelworks. Pop: 525 384 (2001)
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Pretoria
[(pri-
tawr
-ee-uh)]
Administrative capital of
South Africa
. (
See also
Cape Town
.)
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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