The story
. The province was named after the river.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A river in Southern Africa whose source is at the border of South Africa and Botswana near Johannesburg and which flows about 1,770 km (1,100 miles) through South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique to the Indian Ocean. Full definition →
. The province was named after the river.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.