Molopo

American  

[muh-loh-poh] / məˈloʊ poʊ /

noun

1. a river in S Africa, flowing SW along the S Botswana-N South Africa border to the Orange River. About 600 miles (965 km) long.

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Molopo British  

/ məˈləʊpəʊ /

noun

1. a seasonal river rising in N South Africa and flowing west and southwest to the Orange river. Length: about 1000 km (600 miles)

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Example Sentences

Mafeking is situated upon a rise about three hundred yards north of the Molopo River, and from time to time its history has been associated with military enterprises.

From The Siege of Mafeking (1900) by Hamilton, J. Angus

We had observed small, detached forces of Boers making from north and south of the town for the ridges about the western areas of the Molopo.

From The Siege of Mafeking (1900) by Hamilton, J. Angus

The year 1885 had secured Bechuanaland to the river Molopo as British territory, while a large stretch farther north was under a British protectorate.

From Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies by Blore, George Henry

The railroad, running north and south, takes a westerly bend as it crosses the Molopo River some 300 yards south of the town.

From South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899 by Creswicke, Louis

At daybreak on Wednesday, May 16th, the two columns under Colonel Mahon's command moved from Jan Massibi's in two parallel lines along the northern bank of the Molopo River.

From The Relief of Mafeking How it Was Accomplished by Mahon's Flying Column; with an Account of Some Earlier Episodes in the Boer War of 1899-1900 by Young, Filson