Trans ‧ vaal, the /ˈtrænzvɑːl $ ˌtrænsˈvɑːl/ BrE AmE
an area in the northeast of South Africa. ↑ Boer farmers first went to live there in the 1830s, and it became a centre of the ↑ Afrikaner people and their ↑ culture , and of the opposition to British rule in South Africa, which led to the ↑ Boer War .