pretoria
IPA: pritˈɔriʌ
Root Word: Pretoria
noun
- The administrative capital of South Africa.
- (metonymically) the South African government
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Examples of "pretoria" in Sentences
- Founding of the city of Pretoria.
- Turkey has an embassy in Pretoria.
- He was sent to a white prison in Pretoria.
- 1987 saw the return of the Cup to Pretoria.
- The main rail station is located in Pretoria.
- He opposed the building of a casino in Pretoria.
- Dean of Pretoria and elevation to the Episcopate.
- The fall of Pretoria was also the end of the of the war.
- He went to school in Pretoria and continued at the University of Pretoria.
- The government of the Transvaal fled from Pretoria to convene in Machadodorp.