Transvaal

Trans·vaal  (trns-väl, trnz-)

A region of northeast South Africa. Inhabited by Bantu-speaking Black Africans, the area was settled by Boer farmers who formed an independent state, called the South African Republic, in the 1850s. Great Britain annexed the territory in 1877, but the discovery of gold in 1886 led to an influx of settlers, further tensions between the British and the Boers, and the eventual formation of the Transvaal as a crown colony (1900) after the Boer War. Transvaal became a part of South Africa in 1910.

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Transvaal [ˈtrænzvɑːl]

n

(Placename) former province of NE South Africa: colonized by the Boers after the Great Trek (1836); became a British colony in 1902; joined South Africa in 1910; replaced in 1994. Capital: Pretoria

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Noun

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Transvaal - a province of northeastern South Africa originally inhabited by Africans who spoke Bantu; colonized by the Boers Republic of South Africa, South Africa - a republic at the southernmost part of Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1910; first European settlers were Dutch (known as Boers) Witwatersrand, Reef, Rand - a rocky region in the southern Transvaal in northeastern South Africa; contains rich gold deposits and coal and manganese

Translations

Transvaal [ˈtrænzvɑːl] N → Transvaal m