Meanings
proper noun
- A border town in the province of Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe.
The Rhodesia Railways, however, do maintain a passenger and goods road motor service between Gwanda and Beit Bridge.
1940 November, O. S. M. Raw, “The Rhodesia Railways—I”, in Railway Magazine, page 592
Origin
From Beit + bridge, being named after the original bridge over the Limpopo River completed in 1929, which was named after Alfred Beit. The spelling Beit Bridge was being used in 1940.
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APA
Beitbridge. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Beitbridge
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“Beitbridge.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Beitbridge. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Beitbridge,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Beitbridge.
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