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Transvaal

American

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

noun

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

Transvaal British

/ trænzˈvɑːl /

noun

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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