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Johannesburg

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

noun

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


Johannesburg

/ dʒəʊˈhænɪsˌbɜːɡ /

noun

  1. 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)


Johannesburg

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


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Notes

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

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Example Sentences

An hour later, he scored a second flight to Johannesburg for $380.

On the same day, Wits University in Johannesburg held a memorial in its iconic Great Hall.

Nelson Mandela's ex-wife describes the final moments of his life as he passed away last week at his home in Johannesburg.

I spent today in the Johannesburg Stadium, among 70,000 people who attended despite the torrential rain.

I was a young reporter on the Rand Daily Mail newspaper in Johannesburg and my beat was black politics.

On the 24th the Vaal was crossed, and on the 31st Roberts entered Johannesburg.

She had once been to Johannesburg, and that not for long; beyond that she had never been outside Zululand and Natal.

Johannesburg has several theatres and buildings adapted for public meetings.

For the political history of Johannesburg, see the bibliography under Transvaal.

After the fourth mauling he turned round and went back to Johannesburg, preferring to take his chances with the Boers.

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