Johannesburg

English Etymology en :bor nl:Johannesburg 1 en nl Johannesburg. en Johannes -burg. Pronunciation en /d͡ʒoʊˈhænɪsbɜːrɡ/ AU,South Africa,UK en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Johannesburg.wav Southern England en /d͡ʒœʊ̯ˈhɛnɨsbøːɡ/ South Africa en /d͡ʒoʊˈhænɪsbɜːrɡ/ /d͡ʒoʊˈhɑːnɪsbɜːrɡ/ US Proper noun en Q34647 en largest city c/South Africa ;, provincial capital p:pref/Gauteng. en eGoli Joburg en Pumza Fihlani On the South African road incorrectly identified as a 'burial site' by Trump w:BBC https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce81334je72o 2025-05-22 The P39-1 is an anonymous stretch of thinly tarred highway connecting the small towns of Newcastle and Normandien in South Africa, a four-hour drive from Johannesburg. https://web.archive.org/web/20250613133823/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce81334je72o en The World Must Know https://afriforum.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/The-world-must-know-November-2025.pdf 2025-11 5 w:AfriForum In August 2025, during a media conference at Luthuli House in Johannesburg on the outcomes of the ANC’s recent National Executive Committee meeting, Fikile Mbalula, Secretary General of the ANC, lashed out at white South Africans and Afrikaner refugees to the US. https://web.archive.org/web/20251208231340/https://afriforum.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/The-world-must-know-November-2025.pdf en CDP co/Kern County s/California c/US. en ucomm co/Otsego County s/Michigan c/US. Derived terms en Joburg Johannesburger Translations a city in South Africa Afrikaans: af Johannesburg Arabic: ar جُوهَانِسْبُرْغ f Belarusian: be Яга́нэсбург m, be Іага́несбург m Bulgarian: bg Йоха́несбург m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 約翰內斯堡 Yuēhànnèisībǎo Czech: cs Johannesburg m Dutch: nl Johannesburg n Esperanto: eo Johanesburgo Finnish: fi Johannesburg French: fr Johannesbourg m German: de Johannesburg n Hindi: hi जोहानसबर्ग m Irish: ga Cathair Eoin f Japanese: ja ヨハネスブルグ Yohanesuburugu Korean: ko ^요하네스버그, ko ^요하네스뷔르그 North Korea Latin: la Ioannesburgum n, la Ioannisburgum n Marathi: mr जोहॅनेस्बर्ग n Pannonian Rusyn: rsk Йоганесбурґ m Persian: Iranian Persian: fa-ira ژوهانِسْبورْگ žohânesburg Polish: pl Johannesburg m Portuguese: pt Joanesburgo m Russian: ru Йоха́ннесбург m Joxánnɛsburg Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Јоханесбург m Latin: sh Johanesburg m Slovak: sk Johannesburg m Spanish: es Johannesburgo m Ukrainian: uk Йога́ннесбург m Urdu: ur جوہانَسْبَرْگ m Vietnamese: vi Giô-ha-ne-xbớc Xhosa: xh iRhawuti Zulu: zu iGoli en eponyms Afrikaans af: Etymology af nl Johannesburg. Pronunciation af /jʊəˈɦanəsbœrχ/ af LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-Johannesburg.wav Proper noun af city/provincial capital p/Gauteng c/South Africa Johannesburg af eponyms Dutch nl: Etymology From nl Johannes -burg. As precise records for the choice of name were lost and there were quite a number of people with the name Johannes who were involved in the early history of the city, it is not known which person the city was named after. See Johannesburg § Etymology on Wikipedia. Pronunciation nl /joːˈɦɑ.nəsˌbʏrx/ nl Nl-Johannesburg.ogg nl Jo han nes burg Proper noun n nl city/provincial capital p/Gauteng c/South Africa Johannesburg Derived terms nl Johannesburger nl Johannesburgs nl eponyms Polish pl: thumb|Johannesburg Etymology pl :ubor af:Johannesburg + 1 Pronunciation [nn:n,s.b] Jo.ha.nnes.burg Proper noun m-in johannesburski pl city/provincial capital p/Gauteng c/South Africa Johannesburg Declension Johannesburga s Further reading pl eponyms exonyms Slovak sk: Pronunciation JohanNesburg Proper noun m-in Johannesburčan Johannesburčanka johannesburský sk city/provincial capital p/Gauteng c/South Africa Johannesburg Declension m-in sg u Further reading sk eponyms