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Johannesburg   /dʒˌoʊhˈænɪsbərg/   Listen
Johannesburg

noun
1.
City in the northeastern part of South Africa near Pretoria; commercial center for diamond and gold industries.





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"Johannesburg" Quotes from Famous Books



... and in the small temporary improvised hospitals in the towns of Winberg, Lindley, and Heilbron. Early in June I left Heilbron with Lord Methuen's division, and spent the next four weeks with this division in the field. Thence I journeyed to Pretoria and Johannesburg, seeing a small number of wounded in each town, and on July 10, with Lord Roberts's consent, I started for home, visiting a number of the hospitals in the Orange River Colony and Natal on my way down to Cape Town. During the movements ...
— Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 • George Henry Makins


Words linked to "Johannesburg" :   Republic of South Africa, city, metropolis, urban center, South Africa


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