Brakpan
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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John Briscoe was born on July 30, 1948, in Brakpan, South Africa, and grew up in Johannesburg.
From Washington Post
Brakpan, the largest colliery in South Africa, lies midway between the places named.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" by Various
On the right flank, large numbers of tall chimneys and mining shafts could be seen about eight miles off, which proved to belong to the coal mines of Boksburg and Brakpan.
From Two Years on Trek Being Some Account of the Royal Sussex Regiment in South Africa by Moulin, Louis Eug?ne du
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