Johannesburg

American  

[joh-han-is-burg, -hah-nis-, yoh-hahn-uhs-bœrkh] / dʒoʊˈhæn ɪsˌbɜrg, -ˈhɑ nɪs-, yoʊˈhɑn əsˌbœrx /

noun

1. a city in S Transvaal, in the NE Republic of South Africa.

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Johannesburg British  

/ dʒəʊˈhænɪsˌbɜːɡ /

noun

1. a city in N South Africa; the capital of Gauteng province: South Africa's largest city and chief industrial centre; grew with the establishment in 1886 of the gold-mining industry; University of Witwatersrand (1922). Pop: 1 009 036 (2001)

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Johannesburg Cultural  

1. Largest city in South Africa, located in the northeastern part of the country.

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It is the commercial center for South Africa's diamond and gold industries.

Example Sentences

Health authorities have also identified 22 French nationals who have been in close contact with a separate confirmed case during flights between the tropical island of St. Helena, Johannesburg and Amsterdam on April 25.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

A Dutch woman passenger of the MV Hondius who died of hantavirus was on the flight to Johannesburg and later briefly boarded a flight to Amsterdam but was removed prior to take-off.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

The passenger -- the wife of the first person to die in the outbreak -- had briefly been on a plane bound from Johannesburg to the Netherlands on April 25, but was removed before take-off.

From Barron's • May 10, 2026

Dutch broadcaster RTL said the woman was a stewardess at Dutch airline KLM, who had been in contact with a woman who died from a hantavirus infection in Johannesburg.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

Driving around Johannesburg in our rusty old Volkswagen, every time she stopped in traffic, she’d turn off the car.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah