TRANSVAAL


Meaning of TRANSVAAL in English

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 .

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.