Port Elizabeth en · PROPN
Etymology
In South Africa, named by Sir Rufane Shaw Donkin after his late wife, Elizabeth.
Meanings
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A city and port in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa, officially now named Gqeberha.
Growing up in the township of Zwide, just outside Port Elizabeth, bed for Kolisi was a pile of cushions on the living-room floor and finding enough to eat was a daily struggle.
2020 April 28, Christina Macfarlane, “‘There is nothing worse than hunger,’ says South Africa hero Siya Kolisi of helping townships during lockdown”, in CNN, archived from the original on 19 Jun 2025:
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Translations (6)
xh iBhayi (port of Eastern Cape) · fr Port Elizabeth (port of Eastern Cape) · cmn 伊丽莎白港 (port of Eastern Cape) · ru Порт-Эли́забет (port of Eastern Cape) · af Port Elizabeth (port of Eastern Cape) · cmn 伊莉莎白港 (port of Eastern Cape)