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Roodepoort

British  
/ ˈruːdəˌpʊət /

noun

  1. an industrial city in NE South Africa, in the Witwatersrand. Pop: 172 601 (2001)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Four men and a woman were discovered by the shaft of a mine in Roodepoort, west of Johannesburg.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2014

The bodies were recovered in an old shaft in Roodepoort, just west of Johannesburg.

From Reuters • Feb. 26, 2014

A body of another illegal miner was recovered on Sunday in Roodepoort, near where the five bodies were found on Tuesday night.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2014

I had just reached an eminence between Roodepoort and the Honingkopjes when I saw that the burghers in the position furthest towards the north-west were beginning to flee.

From Three Years' War by De Wet, Christiaan Rudolf

Accordingly I merely told them that I was going to see how affairs were progressing at Roodepoort, and that in the meantime they must hold their position.

From Three Years' War by De Wet, Christiaan Rudolf

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