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.

Notes

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

Example Sentences

The court’s decision is a declaration that no one is above the law, leaving Zuma’s allies to tremble in their Johannesburg mansions wondering if they are next.

From Ozy

Suhayl Essa, an emergency room doctor, was working at Johannesburg’s Hillbrow Clinic when rioting broke out nearby.

From Ozy

I work as a live-in nanny for a family in Johannesburg and my five-year-old daughter lives with her grandmother in Mpumalanga province.

From Ozy

I’d told the engineer to meet me at a farmers’ market in the north of Johannesburg, where my wife and I often met with friends who were visiting from out of town, but he hadn’t arrived.

From MIT Technology Review

In 1930, while working as a lawyer in Johannesburg, he co-authored an essay pleading for a “common society” and a “color-blind” electoral roll.

From Ozy

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

Johannesburg has several theatres and buildings adapted for public meetings.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

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