HyperDic: witwatersrand

English > 1 sense of the word Witwatersrand:
NOUNlocationWitwatersrand, Rand, Reefa rocky region in the southern Transvaal in northeastern South Africa
Witwatersrand > pronunciation
Soundswih'twao.tersraend
Rhymesampersand ... woodland: 90 rhymes with aend...
English > Witwatersrand: 1 sense > noun 1, location
MeaningA rocky region in the southern Transvaal in northeastern South Africa; contains rich gold deposits and coal and manganese.
SynonymsRand, Reef
Instance ofregion, partThe extended spatial location of something
Part ofTransvaalA province of northeastern South Africa originally / originally inhabited by Africans who spoke Bantu

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