transvaal
IPA: trænzvˈɑɫ
Root Word: Transvaal
noun
- A geographical region and former province (until 1994) of South Africa between the Vaal and Limpopo rivers.
- (historical) A former country in Southern Africa; the Transvaal "Boer republic" state from 1852 to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland's annexation of it in 1902.
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Examples of "transvaal" in Sentences
- They plan to go to the Transvaal.
- He played for the Transvaal team.
- Transvaal often sought to expand.
- Monographs of the Transvaal Museum.
- In short time the economy of the Transvaal boomed.
- The following year it was absorbed into the Transvaal.
- Many of the farmers deserted Winburg for the Transvaal.
- A case in point was the 1877 annexation of the Transvaal.
- Smuts viewed the policies of the Transvaal with disappointment.
- The government of the Transvaal fled from Pretoria to convene in Machadodorp.