[bloom-fon-teyn] 
| a city in and the capital of the Orange Free State, in the central Republic of South Africa. 182,000. |
| a province in central Republic of South Africa: a Boer republic 1854–1900; a British colony (Orange River Colony) 1900–10. 1,716,350. 49,647 sq. mi. (128,586 sq. km). Capital: Bloemfontein. |
| Bloem·fon·tein (blōōm'fŏn-tān') A city of central South Africa east-southeast of Kimberley. It is unofficially called the judicial capital of the country because the appellate division of the national supreme court sits here. Population: 645,000. |
fɒnˌteɪn