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Johannesburg

noun

City in the northeastern part of South Africa near Pretoria; commercial center for diamond and gold industries.

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"Johannesburg" Quotes from Famous Books

... I was able to travel on third class from Johannesburg without missing my train's connection. I had the carriage to myself (not without misgivings, for the guard had cleared a native out, and other compartments seemed likely to be rather crowded). I lay down somewhat prayerlessly. The last light seemed to have not long faded on the white mine-banks. ...

— Cinderella in the South - Twenty-Five South African Tales • Arthur Shearly Cripps

... most exposed position—and many missiles dropped dangerously close to it. They burst, too, though nobody was hit. But they burst; and that was a visible fact that astounded a host of knowing people. There was a story in circulation about a respectable refugee from Johannesburg who, irritated by the fallacies that passed for facts in regard to Boer armaments and resources, always made it a point to speak the truth on the subject. He was an Englishman, quite loyal, and stimulated by a glass of beer ...

— The Siege of Kimberley • T. Phelan

... in December 1901. Meanwhile, there had been a great extension of railways in South Africa. Lines from Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, East London, Durban and Delagoa Bay all converged on the newly risen city of Johannesburg, the centre of the Rand gold mines. A more ambitious project was that identified with the name of Cecil Rhodes, namely, the extension northward of the railway from Kimberley with the object of effecting a continuous railway connexion from Cape Town to Cairo. The line from Kimberley ...

— Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia

Words linked to "Johannesburg" : Republic of South Africa, city, metropolis, urban center, South Africa