Transvaal

[ trans-vahl, tranz- ]

noun

1. a province in the northeastern part of the Republic of South Africa. 110,450 sq. mi. (286,066 sq. km). : Pretoria.

Transvaal

/ trænzˈvɑːl /

noun

1. former province of NE South Africa: colonized by the Boers after the Great Trek (1836); became a British colony in 1902; joined South Africa in 1910; replaced in 1994 for administrative purposes by a new system of provinces (Eastern Transvaal (later Mpumalanga), Northern Transvaal (later Limpopo), Gauteng, and North West province). Capital: Pretoria

Other Words From

• Trans·vaaler noun
• Trans·vaali·an adjective

Example Sentences

I first met Bishop Tutu in the 1980s when I went to South Africa to write a book about apartheid in a small Transvaal town, but I did not spend much time with him until I started working with Mandela.

From Time

On the 9th of October, 1899, the Transvaal Government presented an ultimatum.

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It appears the war is still going on in the Transvaal, and the rumour is that we shall be sent there straight.

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Eventually an impasse was reached over the question of the rights and privileges of British subjects in the Transvaal Republic.

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Still, Cetywayo is much too shrewd a man to declare regular war against the Transvaal.

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If two or three fellows got together on any given farm they were bound to spend the evening taking the Transvaal.

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