platteland
Britishnoun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of platteland
C20: from Afrikaans, from Dutch plat flat + land country
Example Sentences
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But travelling across the platteland it is obvious that while dreams of white secession have evaporated there is much that is unchanged.
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The white farmers of the platteland worry that their land will be seized under government proposals to take property without compensation.
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Mrs Hall led the way in her "bakkie" - the ubiquitous pickup jeeps of the platteland - and in a few minutes we were in the middle of the fire and Mrs Hall was shaking the hands of a black man who was fighting the flames.
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They knew the truth of the platteland fire.
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This was after AWB members shot civilians in and around the platteland town of Mafeking in March 1994.
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