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Windhoek
[ vint-hook ]
noun
- a city in and the capital of Namibia, in the central part.
Windhoek
/ ˈvɪnt-; ˈwɪntˌhʊk /
noun
- the capital of Namibia, in the centre, at an altitude of 1654 m (5428 ft): formerly the capital of German South West Africa. Pop: 252 000 (2005 est)
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Nearly a month was now spent in preparing for the advance on the capital, Windhoek.
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Windhoek (wind-corner) was an appropriate name, the breezes blowing there at times with unrelenting fury.
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No other opposition of importance was encountered, and the operations were brought to a successful conclusion at Windhoek.
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So the railway in question got no further east than Windhoek, the capital of the colony, a distance inland of 237 miles.
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From Windhoek, as already told, there is rail communication with Swakopmund.
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