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