Durban

[ dur-buhn ]

noun

1. a seaport in SE Natal, in the E Republic of South Africa.

Durban

/ ˈdɜːbən /

noun

1. a port in E South Africa, in E KwaZulu/Natal province on the Indian Ocean: University of Natal (1909); resort and industrial centre, with oil refineries, shipbuilding yards, etc. Pop: 536 644 (2001)

Example Sentences

From Dallas, Texas to Durban, South Africa, communities that have experienced a history of exploitation, neglect, and marginalization harbor an understandable distrust of the state.

From Time

Within hours, protests and widespread looting, particularly in his home city of Durban, were reported as supporters stationed themselves around his compound and challenged police.

From MIT Technology Review

Yet officials in major cities such as Cape Town and Johannesburg and the Durban suburban region have been demolishing temporary homes built on public land, without offering alternative housing to those being thrown out onto the streets.

From Ozy

Durban, South Africa’s third-largest city, announced its plan in January 2021.

From MIT Technology Review

The latest of these, a highlight of “Republic,” he has called “Sangoma Series,” after the Zulu healers he observed as a young man as they performed rituals, chanted and drummed on the streets of Durban.

From Washington Post

The other big new South African DJ-producer is Culoe De Song, born Culolethu Zulu in Durban.

From The Daily Beast

The real 'do' in Durban is surfing or other beach-based activities.

From The Daily Beast

That said, my big avoid in Durban is the Sun Coast Casino complex (at the end of Snell Parade).

From The Daily Beast

Ben Halse had been detained longer than he had reckoned on, but had found it unnecessary to go on to Durban.

From Project Gutenberg

Though only about a dozen miles from Durban, it took them upwards of an hour to reach Pinetown.

From Project Gutenberg

It was the end of the first week in May when they reached Durban and felt that they were nearing home.

From Project Gutenberg

They had been busy half the night packing up the lost officers' kits to send down to Durban.

From Project Gutenberg

Buller, they tell us one day, is at Bloemfontein; next day he is coming round to Durban; the next he is a prisoner in Pretoria.

From Project Gutenberg