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Highveld en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /ˈhaɪfɛlt/ (General-South-African)
• /ˈhʌɪvɛld/ (UK)
• /ˈhʌɪfɛlt/ (UK)

Etymology

From high + veld, after Afrikaans hoëveld.

Meanings

1. The inland plateau of South Africa and neighbouring countries, containing greater Johannesburg.
   • The Ben Schoeman highway, a wide barren lane in the mist without any glimpse of the yellow highveld landscape […]. 1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage, published 2000, page 30:
   • Somewhere early in her childhood, on the farm on the highveld, ‘Matty’ had been created by her as an act of survival. 1969, Doris Lessing, The Four-Gated City, HarperCollins, published 1993, page 13:

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