SOWETO

Meaning of SOWETO in English

/seuh wee"toh, -way"-/ , n.

a group of townships in NE South Africa, SW of and administered by Johannesburg: constructed in the 1950s and early 1960s to provide housing and services for black Africans. 550,000; 26 sq. mi. (67 sq. km).

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SOWETO — geographical name township NE Republic of South Africa in Gauteng adjoining SW Johannesburg; a black residential complex , Sowetan noun
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SOWETO — Township (pop., 1991 596,632), northeastern Republic of South Africa. It adjoins Johannesburg on the southwest, and its name is an …
Английский словарь Британика
SOWETO — geographical name township NE Republic of South Africa in Gauteng adjoining SW Johannesburg; a black residential complex • So·we·tan -t …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SOWETO — urban complex in Gauteng province, South Africa. It was originally set aside by the South African white government for residence …
Britannica English vocabulary
SOWETO — Soweto BrE AmE sə ˈwet əʊ -ˈweɪt- AmE -oʊ —Xhosa/Zulu [ sɔ ˈwɛː tɔ \]
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SOWETO — So ‧ wet ‧ o /səˈwetəʊ/ BrE AmE a large ↑ township that was established near Johannesburg in South Africa …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SOWETO — Township (pop., 1991 596,632), northeastern Republic of South Africa. It adjoins Johannesburg on the southwest, and its name is an …
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SOWETO — Соуэто
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SOWETO — Pronunciation: s ō - ' w ā -t ō , - ' we-, -tü Function: geographical name township NE Republic …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SOWETAN — noun see: Soweto
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TREURNICHT, ANDRIES (PETRUS) — born Feb. 19, 1921, Piketburg, S.Af. died April 22, 1993, Cape Town South African politician. A preacher in the Dutch …
Английский словарь Британика
JOHANNESBURG — City (pop., 1996: metro. area, 1,480,530), northeastern South Africa. One of the country's largest cities, it lies on the southern …
Английский словарь Британика
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS (ANC) — South African political party and black nationalist organization. Founded in 1912 (as the South African Native National Congress), the ANC …
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SOWETAN — see Soweto
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SOWETAN — [ sə'wɛtən , -'weɪtən ] ■ noun a native or inhabitant of Soweto, an urban area of South Africa. ■ …
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WORLD MUSIC — musical genre defined largely in response to the sudden increase of recordings in non-English languages that were released in Great …
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APARTHEID — (Afrikaans: apartness), policy that governed relations between South Africa's white minority and nonwhite majority and sanctioned racial segregation and political …
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QOBOZA, PERCY (PETER) — born Jan. 17, 1938, Johannesburg, S.Af. died Jan. 17, 1988, Johannesburg South African journalist, an outspoken critic of apartheid and …
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MTSHALI, OSWALD MBUYISENI — born 1940, Vryheid, Natal, S.Af. South African poet who wrote in English and Zulu and whose work drew deeply upon …
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JOHANNESBURG — city, Gauteng province, South Africa. It is the country's chief industrial and financial metropolis. One of the youngest of the …
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AFRICAN ARTS — the visual, performing, and literary arts of native Africa, particularly of sub-Saharan, or black, Africa. The arts include the media …
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AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS — (ANC), originally (until 1923) South African Native National Congress, South African political party and black nationalist organization. The ANC was …
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THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA — South ˈAfrica BrE AmE ( also the Republic of South Africa ) a country in southern Africa south of Namibia, …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SOUTH AFRICA — South ˈAfrica BrE AmE ( also the Republic of South Africa ) a country in southern Africa south of Namibia, …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
JOHANNESBURG — Jo ‧ han ‧ nes ‧ burg /dʒəʊˈhænəsbɜːɡ, dʒəʊˈhænɪsbɜːɡ $ -bɜːrɡ/ BrE AmE ( also Jo'burg informal ) the largest …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
JO'BURG — I. Jo'burg /ˈdʒəʊbɜːɡ $ -bɜːrɡ/ BrE AmE an informal name for ↑ Johannesburg II. Jo ‧ han ‧ nes ‧ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GUNMAN — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES lone gunman ▪ a lone gunman COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE dead ▪ The names …
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