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Highveld
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highveld
English
Alternative forms
en highveld
Etymology
From en high veld, after en af hoëveld.
Pronunciation
en /ˈhaɪfɛlt/ South Africa
en /ˈhʌɪvɛld/ /ˈhʌɪfɛlt/ UK
Proper noun
The inland plateau of South Africa and neighbouring countries, containing greater Johannesburg. from 19th c.
en 1969 w:Doris Lessing The Four-Gated City 1993 HarperCollins 13 Somewhere early in her childhood, on the farm on the highveld, ‘Matty’ had been created by her as an act of survival.
en 1978 w:André Brink Rumours of Rain 30 Vintage 2000 The Ben Schoeman highway, a wide barren lane in the mist without any glimpse of the yellow highveld landscape […].