Pietermaritzburg

[ pee-ter-mar-its-burg ]

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Natal province, in the E Republic of South Africa.

Pietermaritzburg

/ ˌpiːtəˈmærɪtsˌbɜːɡ /

noun

1. a city in E South Africa, the capital of KwaZulu-Natal: founded in 1839 by the Boers: gateway to Natal's mountain resorts. Pop: 223 519 (2001)

Example Sentences

We understand that Pietermaritzburg will shortly change its name to Petrobothagrad.

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This is the nearest locality I am aware of to Pietermaritzburg; it is distant about sixty-three miles.

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It might be Pietermaritzburg or Ladysmith of twenty years ago, before blue gum-trees and stone buildings had waxed and multiplied.

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Above Pietermaritzburg the line ascends for three thousand feet to highlands to descend again two thousand to Colenso.

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Now, neither Langley nor Whitson had the remotest idea of visiting Pietermaritzburg.

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