Orange Free State
a province in central Republic of South Africa: a Boer republic 1854–1900; a British colony (Orange River Colony ) 1900–10. 49,647 sq. mi. (128,586 sq. km). Capital: Bloemfontein.
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How to use Orange Free State in a sentence
Come what may, we would not return to the Orange Free State.
In the Shadow of Death | P. H. Kritzinger and R. D. McDonaldHe was abundant in the Orange Free State when it became independent in 1854, but has been long extinct there.
Impressions of South Africa | James BryceThe Orange Free State (48,000 square miles) lies entirely on the great plateau, between 4000 and 5000 feet above sea-level.
Impressions of South Africa | James BryceWhile if we compare it with the Orange Free State, we find its area only about one-half as large.
The World and Its People: Book VII | Anna B. BadlamVery hot out here; dry work, scribbling; but luckily in the Orange Free State that delicious fruit can be had for the asking.
British Dictionary definitions for Orange Free State
a former province of central South Africa, between the Orange and Vaal rivers: settled by Boers in 1836 after the Great Trek; annexed by Britain in 1848; became a province of South Africa in 1910; replaced in 1994 by the new province of Free State; economy based on agriculture and mineral resources (esp gold and uranium). Capital: Bloemfontein
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