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Germiston

[ jur-muh-stuhn ]

noun

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


Germiston

/ ˈdʒɜːmɪstən /

noun

  1. a city in South Africa, southeast of Johannesburg: industrial centre, with the world's largest gold refinery, serving the Witwatersrand mines. Pop: 139 721 (2001)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

The pupil allegedly used his father's gun in Friday's shooting at a primary school in Germiston, east of the main city of Johannesburg.

From BBC

An ambulance rushed him to the Bertha Gxowa Hospital in nearby Germiston.

From Reuters

A mother of three daughters, she spent 18 years working as a nursery teacher at Save the Children's Charles Street playgroup in Glasgow's Germiston.

From BBC

Some 400 ampoules - equivalent to about 2,400 doses - containing the fake vaccine were found at a warehouse in Germiston, east of Johannesburg, where officers also recovered a large quantity of fake 3M masks, the agency said on Wednesday on its website.

From Reuters

In Germiston, Gauteng, South African police found about 400 vials - the equivalent of around 2,400 doses - of fake vaccine as well as a "large quantity" of fake 3M masks, Interpol said.

From BBC

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