Veld

//vɛlt// noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The open grassland or pastureland of South Africa and neighbouring countries. South-Africa

    "In the Bokke-velds, as they are called, theſe animals [springbok] are found in great numbers, and ſometimes at Roode-Zand."

  2. 2
    elevated open grassland in southern Africa wordnet

Synonyms

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agricultural regionalkali flatalluvial plainarable landbasinblack belt

Example

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"In the Bokke-velds, as they are called, theſe animals [springbok] are found in great numbers, and ſometimes at Roode-Zand."

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans veld, or from its etymon Dutch veld (“field; open country”) (formerly spelled veldt), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *felþuz (“field, plain”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat”). Doublet of field.

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