Pretoria

American  

[pri-tawr-ee-uh, -tohr-] / prɪˈtɔr i ə, -ˈtoʊr- /

noun

1. a city in and the administrative capital of the Republic of South Africa, in the NE part: also the capital of Transvaal.

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Pretoria British  

/ prɪˈtɔːrɪə /

noun

1. Also called: Tshwane.  a city in N South Africa, the administrative capital of South Africa; formerly capital of Transvaal province: two universities (1873, 1930); large steelworks. Pop: 525 384 (2001)

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Pretoria Cultural  

1. Administrative capital of South Africa. (See also Cape Town.)

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Two of its citizens have also petitioned the International Criminal Court to investigate "repeated xenophobic attacks", a move Pretoria has dismissed as "opportunistic".

From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026

That was the year apartheid fell, and a good part of the credit went to the broad international pressure on Pretoria.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

Without any international fixtures this winter, he was able to work with the players on their training camps in Oman, Stellenbosch and Pretoria.

From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026

But he said he had now closed his shop and fled to stay near the Nigeria High Commission in South Africa's capital, Pretoria.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

On March 26, in Pretoria, the chief publicly burned his pass, calling on others to do the same.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela