Windhoek

[ vint-hook ]

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Namibia, in the central part.

Windhoek

/ ˈvɪnt-; ˈwɪntˌhʊk /

noun

1. the capital of Namibia, in the centre, at an altitude of 1654 m (5428 ft): formerly the capital of German South West Africa. Pop: 252 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

The champagne — sipped in a posh hotel in Windhoek, the capital of Namibia, one of the least densely populated countries in the world — really makes this insight sparkle.

From Washington Post

Nearly a month was now spent in preparing for the advance on the capital, Windhoek.

From Project Gutenberg

Windhoek (wind-corner) was an appropriate name, the breezes blowing there at times with unrelenting fury.

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No other opposition of importance was encountered, and the operations were brought to a successful conclusion at Windhoek.

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So the railway in question got no further east than Windhoek, the capital of the colony, a distance inland of 237 miles.

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From Windhoek, as already told, there is rail communication with Swakopmund.

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