Pretoria

[pri-tawr-ee-uh, -tohr-]

noun

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

Pretoria

/ 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)

Pretoria

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

Example Sentences

Is it approaching a "South Africa moment", when a combination of political pressure, economic, sporting and cultural boycotts helped to force Pretoria to abandon apartheid?

From BBC

But that changed when she moved to Pretoria aged 19 for university, where her student residence was on top of a fast food restaurant.

From BBC

The accused appeared in a magistrate's court in the capital city Pretoria on Tuesday and were granted bail.

From BBC

The Pretoria high court ruled in favour of the Zambian state, which had previously applied to block the family's plans to bury him privately in South Africa, where he died in June.

From BBC

In the early 1970s, when Davidtz was eight years old, she moved from America with her South African parents to Pretoria, in the midst of that country’s apartheid system.

From Los Angeles Times