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Beitbridge
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English
Etymology
From en Beit bridge, being named after the original bridge over the Limpopo River completed in 1929, which was named after Alfred Beit. The spelling Beit Bridge was being used in 1940.
Proper noun
en A border <<town>> in the province of <<p/Matabeleland South>>, <<c/Zimbabwe>>.
en 1940 November O. S. M. Raw The Rhodesia Railways—I Railway Magazine 592 The Rhodesia Railways, however, do maintain a passenger and goods road motor service between Gwanda and Beit Bridge.
Further reading
Alfred Beit Road Bridge