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Johannesburg

Today it means: The largest city in South Africa, provincial capital of the province of Gauteng. Full definition →

Dutch Johannesburg

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Dutch · borrowed fromJohannesburg
English todayJohannesburg

Borrowed from Dutch Johannesburg. By surface analysis, Johannes + -burg.

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