Pretoria

American  

[pri-tawr-ee-uh, -tohr-] / prɪˈtɔr i ə, -ˈtoʊr- /

noun

1. a city in and the administrative capital of the Republic of South Africa, in the NE part: also the capital of Transvaal.

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Pretoria British  

/ prɪˈtɔːrɪə /

noun

1. Also called: Tshwane.  a city in N South Africa, the administrative capital of South Africa; formerly capital of Transvaal province: two universities (1873, 1930); large steelworks. Pop: 525 384 (2001)

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Pretoria Cultural  

1. Administrative capital of South Africa. (See also Cape Town.)

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Example Sentences

Afterward, under International Atomic Energy Agency monitoring, Pretoria destroyed a stash of parts, documents and equipment stored at former nuclear-weapons sites.

From The Wall Street Journal

The BBC has contacted the Israeli embassy in Pretoria for comment.

From BBC

Critics have noted the drill brings together nations with major diplomatic differences with the United States while Pretoria is seeking to improve its own battered ties with Washington.

From Barron's

Relations between Washington and Pretoria are already at their lowest point since the end of apartheid rule in 1994.

From The Wall Street Journal

But overtures by Pretoria and South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa's visit in May to the White House, with a delegation that included famous white South African golf players, failed to mend fences.

From BBC