Pretoria

[ pri-tawr-ee-uh, -tohr- ]

noun

1. a city in and the administrative capital of the Republic of South Africa, in the NE part: also the capital of Transvaal.

Pretoria

/ prɪˈtɔːrɪə /

noun

1. a city in N South Africa, the administrative capital of South Africa; formerly capital of Transvaal province: two universities (1873, 1930); large steelworks. Pop: 525 384 (2001) Also calledTshwane

Pretoria

1. Administrative capital of South Africa . ( See also Cape Town .)

Example Sentences

Born in Pretoria, South Africa, Mr Musk showed his talents for entrepreneurship early, going door to door with his brother selling homemade chocolate Easter eggs and developing his first computer game at the age of 12.

From BBC

He now lives in South Africa’s capital, Pretoria, with his family.

From BBC

He was allegedly poisoned in the early hours of Tuesday inside his house in Pretoria by an unnamed "young boy", who Pudemo said was used as an "agent of evil intent by Swazi government".

From BBC

Makwanya was rushed to a Pretoria hospital escorted by the South African police, the Swaziland News website reported.

From BBC

One of the children watching was Johan Ferreira, now a professor at the University of Pretoria statistics department.

From BBC