Transvaal

American  

[trans-vahl, tranz-] / trænsˈvɑl, trænz- /

noun

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

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Transvaal British  

/ 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

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Other Word Forms

• Transvaaler
  noun
• Transvaalian
  adjective

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Example Sentences

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Transvaal

However, Goodall's Lions career did not last long after he broke a bone in his hand during his first game against Eastern Transvaal and had to return home.

From BBC ● Dec. 23, 2025

They established two independent republics, the Transvaal Republic and the Orange Free State, and left the Cape Colony to the British.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022

Mr. de Klerk served as one of Botha’s right-hand men for more than a decade as party leader in the Transvaal, the northern province that was part of the Afrikaner heartland.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 11, 2021

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Nelson Mandela campaigning in northern Transvaal during the 1994 presidential election campaign.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 18, 2015

Winnie had been invited to open the annual conference of the Transvaal Indian Youth Congress, and at my instigation she repudiated these rumors in no uncertain terms.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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