Gauteng
/xaʊˈteŋ/ name
name ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A province of South Africa. Capital: Johannesburg.
- 2 A colloquial name for the city of Johannesburg. South-Africa
Etymology
From Sotho iGauteng (“place of gold”), from gauda or gauta (“gold”, from Afrikaans goud, cognate with English gold) + teng (“here, there; inside”).