Vereeniging

American  

[fuh-rey-nuh-khuhng] / fəˈreɪ nə xəŋ /

noun

1. a city in the S Transvaal, in NE Republic of South Africa, S of Johannesburg.

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Vereeniging British  

/ fəˈriːnɪhɪŋ, və- /

noun

1. a city in E South Africa: scene of the signing (1902) of the treaty ending the Boer War. Pop: 79 630 (2001)

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Example Sentences

She made her purchase in a suburb of Vereeniging, a city south of Johannesburg, where dealers are said to sell only to buyers referred by someone they know.

From New York Times

When Erasmus couldn’t revive him, they drove him 20 minutes to the Mediclinic in Vereeniging.

From The Guardian

Sharpeville was a small township about thirty-five miles south of Johannesburg in the grim industrial complex around Vereeniging.

From Literature

It is good, by the way, to recall the admirable and patient diplomacy, at and after Vereeniging, of Lord Kitchener, who was the chief pleader for generous concessions to the gallant beaten enemy—an attitude Botha never forgot.

From Project Gutenberg

It was also decided that after the sixty representatives had become acquainted with the views of the People, they should acquaint the Governments with the same on the 15th of May 1902, at Vereeniging, in order that they could lay the same before the British Government.

From Project Gutenberg