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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • The administrative capital of South Africa, in the northeast part of the country north of Johannesburg. Founded in 1855, it became the capital of Transvaal in 1860 and capital of South Africa in 1910.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Plural of pretorium.

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  • proper noun The administrative capital of South Africa. South Africa has two other capitals: the legislative capital Cape Town and the judicial capital Bloemfontein.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun city in the Transvaal; the seat of the executive branch of the government of South Africa

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