Limpopo

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proper noun

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.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. 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.

    Goodbye. I am going to the great grey-green, greasy Limpopo River, all set about with fever-trees, to find out what the Crocodile has for dinner.

    1912, Rudyard Kipling, The Elephant's Child
  2. A province of South Africa which was originally part of Transvaal.

Origin

. The province was named after the river.

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Translations

Afrikaans Limpopo, Limpoporivier
  • Limpoporiver in Africa
  • Limpoporivierriver in Africa
Chinese Mandarin 林波波河
  • 林波波河 (Línbōbōhé)river in Africa
Italian Limpopo
  • Limpoporiver in Africa
Portuguese Limpopo
  • Limpoporiver in Africa
Russian Лимпопо́
  • Лимпопо́ (Limpopó)river in Africa
Cite this entry
APA

Limpopo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Limpopo

MLA

“Limpopo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Limpopo. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Limpopo,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Limpopo.

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