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Pretoria
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pretoria Prétoria Pretória pretorią Pretorią
English
Etymology
Named after Andries Pretorius (1798–1853).
Pronunciation
en /pɹəˈtɔːɹi.ə/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Pretoria.wav Southern England
Proper noun
en administrative capital c/South Africa.
en Bloemfontein Cape Town
en Hanna Ziady ‘Our innocent kids are struggling.’ Victims of massive listeriosis outbreak say those responsible must ‘do the right thing’ w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/25/world/listeriosis-outbreak-south-africa-tiger-brands-intl 2025-01-25 Following the health department’s findings, the company temporarily closed the factory, located in the city of Polokwane north of Johannesburg, as well as two other sites in Germiston and Pretoria. It also recalled its ready-to-eat meat products, pledging to address any “valid claims which may be made against it in due course.” https://web.archive.org/web/20250128013455/https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/25/world/listeriosis-outbreak-south-africa-tiger-brands-intl/ 28 January 2025
en metonym the South African government
Derived terms
en Pretorian
Translations
administrative capital of South Africa
Afrikaans: af Pretoria
Albanian: sq Pretoria
Amharic: am ፕሪቶሪያ
Arabic: ar بْرِيتُورِيَا f britūriyā
Armenian: hy Պրետորիա
Asturian: ast Pretoria
Azerbaijani: az Pretoriya
Belarusian: be Прэто́рыя f
Bengali: bn প্রিটোরিয়া
Bulgarian: bg Прето́рия f
Burmese: my ပရီတိုရီးယားမြို့
Catalan: ca Pretòria f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 比勒陀利亞
Czech: cs Pretorie f
Danish: da Pretoria n
Dutch: nl Pretoria n
Estonian: et Pretoria
French: fr Prétoria f, fr Pretoria f
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Pretoria n
Georgian: ka პრეტორია
German: de Pretoria n
Greek: el Πραιτώρια
Hebrew: he פְּרֶטוֹרְיָה f pretóriya
Hindi: hi प्रिटोरिया m
Hungarian: hu Pretoria
Icelandic: is Pretoría
Indonesian: id Pretoria
Irish: ga Preatóiria
Italian: it Pretoria f
Japanese: ja プレトリア Puretoria
Kazakh: kk Претория
Khmer: km ប្រេតូរីយ៉ា
Korean: ko ^프리토리아
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kmr Pretoria
Kyrgyz: ky Претория
Latvian: lv Pretorija f
Lithuanian: lt Pretorija f
Macedonian: mk Преторија f
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: mn Претория
Ndebele:
Southern Ndebele: nr iPitori
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Pretoria
Occitan: oc Pretòria f
Pashto: ps پريتوريا f pretoryā
Persian: fa پرتوریا pretoriyâ
Polish: pl Pretoria f
Portuguese: pt Pretória f
Romanian: ro Pretoria
Russian: ru Прето́рия f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Прѐто̄рија f
Latin: sh Pretoria f, sh Prètōrija f
Slovak: sk Pretória f
Slovene: sl Pretorija f
Spanish: es Pretoria
Swahili: sw Pretoria
Swedish: sv Pretoria n
Tajik: tg Претория
Tatar: tt Претория
Telugu: te ప్రిటోరియా
Thai: th พริทอเรีย
Turkish: tr Pretoria
Turkmen: tk Pretoriýa
Ukrainian: uk Прето́рія f
Urdu: ur پریٹوریا m priṭoriyā
Uzbek: uz Pretoriya
Vietnamese: vi Prê-tô-ri-a, vi Pri-tơ-ri-a
Wolaytta: wal Piriitooriya m
Xhosa: xh iPitoli
Yiddish: yi פּרעטאָריע n
Zulu: zu iPitoli, zu ePitoli
Anagrams
en aeioprrt priorate
en eponyms
Afrikaans
af:
Etymology
Named after Andries Pretorius (1798–1853).
Pronunciation
af /prəˈtʊəria/
af LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-Pretoria.wav
Proper noun
af administrative capital c/South Africa Pretoria
Polish
pl:
thumb|Pretoria
Etymology
pl :bor af:Pretoria + 1
Pronunciation
Pl-Pretoria.ogg pretoria
Proper noun
f pretoryjski
pl city/administrative capital c/South Africa Pretoria
Declension
<f.sg>
Derived terms
pl nouns pretoryjczyk pretoryjka
Further reading
pl exonyms
Spanish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
es administrative capital c/South Africa Pretoria