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johannesburg

/d͡ʒoʊˈhænɪsbɜːrɡ/

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What does johannesburg mean?

proper noun

  1. The largest city in South Africa, provincial capital of the province of Gauteng.
  2. A census-designated place in Kern County, California, United States.
  3. An unincorporated community in Otsego County, Michigan, United States.

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/d͡ʒoʊˈhænɪsbɜːrɡ/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/d͡ʒoʊˈhɑːnɪsbɜːrɡ/
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People often come from very long distances to work in the diamond mines at Kimberley and in the gold mines at Johannesburg.
Edith A. HowPeople of AfricaProject Gutenberg ebook #6693
He cabled the renowned Johannesburg letter of invitation to the London press—the gray-headedest piece of ancient history that ever went over a cable.
Mark TwainFollowing the Equator: A Journey Around the WorldProject Gutenberg ebook #2895
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The trip to Kimberley, Johannesburg, and Pretoria was a pleasant one.
Joshua SlocumSailing Alone Around the WorldProject Gutenberg ebook #6317
Owing to the strongly marked facial characteristics of some of the customers in these places, who were mostly from Johannesburg, I at first imagined that I must have wandered inadvertently into Jerusalem, or that I had perhaps drifted to some fashionable health resort on the shores of the Dead Sea.
Frederic, Lord HamiltonHere, There and EverywhereProject Gutenberg ebook #6368