Johannesburg

[ joh-han-is-burg, -hah-nis-; Dutch yoh-hahn-uhs-bœrkh ]

noun

1. a city in S Transvaal, in the NE Republic of South Africa.

Johannesburg

/ dʒəʊˈhænɪsˌbɜːɡ /

noun

1. a city in N South Africa; the capital of Gauteng province: South Africa's largest city and chief industrial centre; grew with the establishment in 1886 of the gold-mining industry; University of Witwatersrand (1922). Pop: 1 009 036 (2001)

Johannesburg

1. Largest city in South Africa , located in the northeastern part of the country.

Notes

It is the commercial center for South Africa's diamond and gold industries.

Example Sentences

Emergency services have been at the site, in Stilfontein, around 90 miles south-west of Johannesburg, for several days.

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In the video, he said he had been staying in the affluent Sandton neighbourhood in Johannesburg.

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Mbwoeni's family said they were "devastated" and that he had died in a hospital in Johannesburg "surrounded by his loved ones".

From BBC

In a sign of his determination to win, Chapo has travelled to next-door neighbour South Africa to raise funds for his campaign, hosting a banquet in an upmarket suburb of Johannesburg.

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Hospital staff in Johannesburg, South Africa, told him if the wounds had been slightly deeper he may not have survived.

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