Nelspruit

British

/ ˈnɛlsˌprɔɪt /

noun

a city in NE South Africa, the capital of Mpumalanga province on the Crocodile River: trading and agricultural centre, esp for fruit, with a growing tourist trade. Pop: 21 541 (2001)

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South Africa hammered Argentina in Nelspruit to win the Rugby Championship for the first time since 2019.

From BBC • Sep. 28, 2024

Johannesburg-based Sappi, the world’s largest maker of glossy paper, is considering using Maputo for shipments from its Nelspruit mill, located in South Africa’s northeastern Mpumalanga province bordering Mozambique.

From BusinessWeek • Dec. 13, 2011

With no cross-country public transport network to speak of, flying or driving is often the only option – particularly when some stadiums, such as Rustenburg and Nelspruit, are literally in the middle of nowhere.

From The Guardian • Jun. 27, 2010

Serbia Australia meet Serbia in Nelspruit, with Australia having to win by a large margin to have any chance of going through to the next round.

From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2010

Yet we had to pass Nelspruit; there was no help for it.

From My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War by Van Breda, P.

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