Meanings
proper noun
- The administrative capital of South Africa.
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Following the health department’s findings, the company temporarily closed the factory, located in the city of Polokwane north of Johannesburg, as well as two other sites in Germiston and Pretoria. It also recalled its ready-to-eat meat products, pledging to address any “valid claims which may be made against it in due course.”
2025 January 25, Hanna Ziady, “‘Our innocent kids are struggling.’ Victims of massive listeriosis outbreak say those responsible must ‘do the right thing’”, in CNN - metonymicallythe South African government
Origin
Named after Andries Pretorius (1798–1853).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Pretoria
- Pretoriaadministrative capital of South Africa
Arabic بْرِيتُورِيَا
- بْرِيتُورِيَا (britūriyā)administrative capital of South Africa
Bengali প্রিটোরিয়া
- প্রিটোরিয়া (priṭōriẏa)administrative capital of South Africa
Bulgarian Прето́рия
- Прето́рия (Pretórija)administrative capital of South Africa
Catalan Pretòria
- Pretòriaadministrative capital of South Africa
Chinese Mandarin 比勒陀利亞 /比勒陀利亚
- 比勒陀利亞 /比勒陀利亚 (Bǐlètuólìyà)administrative capital of South Africa
Czech Pretorie
- Pretorieadministrative capital of South Africa
Danish Pretoria
- Pretoriaadministrative capital of South Africa
Dutch Pretoria
- Pretoriaadministrative capital of South Africa
Estonian Pretoria
- Pretoriaadministrative capital of South Africa
French Prétoria, Pretoria
- Prétoriaadministrative capital of South Africa
- Pretoriaadministrative capital of South Africa
German Pretoria
- Pretoriaadministrative capital of South Africa
Greek Πραιτώρια
- Πραιτώρια (Praitória)administrative capital of South Africa
Hebrew פְּרֶטוֹרְיָה
- פְּרֶטוֹרְיָה (pretóriya)administrative capital of South Africa
Hindi प्रिटोरिया
- प्रिटोरिया (priṭoriyā)administrative capital of South Africa
Hungarian Pretoria
- Pretoriaadministrative capital of South Africa
Icelandic Pretoría
- Pretoríaadministrative capital of South Africa
Indonesian Pretoria
- Pretoriaadministrative capital of South Africa
Irish Preatóiria
- Preatóiriaadministrative capital of South Africa
Italian Pretoria
- Pretoriaadministrative capital of South Africa
Japanese プレトリア
- プレトリア (Puretoria)administrative capital of South Africa
Korean 프리토리아
- 프리토리아 (Peuritoria)administrative capital of South Africa
Latvian Pretorija
- Pretorijaadministrative capital of South Africa
Lithuanian Pretorija
- Pretorijaadministrative capital of South Africa
Norwegian Bokmål Pretoria
- Pretoriaadministrative capital of South Africa
Persian پرتوریا
- پرتوریا (pretoriyâ)administrative capital of South Africa
Polish Pretoria
- Pretoriaadministrative capital of South Africa
Portuguese Pretória
- Pretóriaadministrative capital of South Africa
Romanian Pretoria
- Pretoriaadministrative capital of South Africa
Russian Прето́рия
- Прето́рия (Pretórija)administrative capital of South Africa
Slovak Pretória
- Pretóriaadministrative capital of South Africa
Spanish Pretoria
- Pretoriaadministrative capital of South Africa
Swahili Pretoria
- Pretoriaadministrative capital of South Africa
Swedish Pretoria
- Pretoriaadministrative capital of South Africa
Thai พริทอเรีย
- พริทอเรีย (prí-tɔɔ-riia)administrative capital of South Africa
Turkish Pretoria
- Pretoriaadministrative capital of South Africa
Ukrainian Прето́рія
- Прето́рія (Pretórija)administrative capital of South Africa
Urdu پریٹوریا
- پریٹوریا (priṭoriyā)administrative capital of South Africa
Vietnamese Prê-tô-ri-a, Pri-tơ-ri-a
- Prê-tô-ri-aadministrative capital of South Africa
- Pri-tơ-ri-aadministrative capital of South Africa
Yiddish פּרעטאָריע
- פּרעטאָריע (pretorye)administrative capital of South Africa
Zulu iPitoli, ePitoli
- iPitoliadministrative capital of South Africa
- ePitoliadministrative capital of South Africa
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Cite this entry
APA
Pretoria. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pretoria
MLA
“Pretoria.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pretoria. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Pretoria,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pretoria.
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