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Tugela

British  
/ tuːˈɡeɪlə /

noun

  1. a river in E South Africa, rising in the Drakensberg where it forms the Tugela Falls , 856 m (2810 ft) high (highest waterfall in Africa), before flowing east to the Indian Ocean: scene of battles during the Zulu War (1879) and the Boer War (1899–1902). Length: about 500 km (312 miles)

"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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Undeterred, he heads off to the Sani Pass, a steep mountain road covered in ice, and the Tugela Falls, which can be reached only by climbing up rickety iron ladders.

From The Guardian Jan. 15, 2013

The Church of Scotland Hospital in Tugela Ferry, South Africa, sits in an arid valley among the mountains of KwaZulu-Natal.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the two years she has spent here in Tugela Ferry, she has learned all about how hard it is to break the cycle of HIV transmission from mother to infant.

From Time Magazine Archive

He is alone, and it is chilly within the crumbling mud walls of his hut at Msinga Top, a windswept outcrop high above the Tugela River in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province.

From Time Magazine Archive

I soon, however, felt convinced that Tugela would not come that night, for everything was growing quiet in the kraal, betokening rest.

From Richard Galbraith, Mariner Life among the Kaffirs by Phillips, Emma Watts

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