Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A fountain or spring: common in South. African Dutch place-names: as, Bloem-fontein.
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Examples
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The trial, which involved two death sentences, was vitiated by the appeal court in Bloem - fontein, by a bench led by chief justice Rumpff.
David Soggot obituary David Beresford 2010
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Mpumalanga recorded the highest rate of increase of 7.5%, while the lowest rate of increase of 3.7% was recorded for Bloem - fontein.
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Mpumalanga recorded the highest rate of increase of 7.5%, while the lowest rate of increase of 3.7% was recorded for Bloem - fontein.
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The marginal gold mines Grootvlei, Droogebult, Springs-Dagga - fontein and Consolidated Modderfontein, situated within the Far East
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About two months or more ago, having halted at mid-day at some fontein or other _en route_ for Rustenburg, Whiteing and I went down to the nearest stream to have the usual wash.
A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition P. T. Ross
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Late in the afternoon we surrounded a suspicious-looking kloof, full of thick undergrowth, and captured a couple of the peaceful peasants of the Arcadian dorp (fontein, kloof or spruit) we were then occupying.
A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition P. T. Ross
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'The battle, now known as the battle of Muishond-fontein, commenced at 10.45 a.m. on Tuesday, April 3, 1900, and continued all day.
From Aldershot to Pretoria A Story of Christian Work among Our Troops in South Africa W. E. Sellers
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In this hot and semi-arid country a pan or fontein was a necessity to the Boer farmer, whose chief dependence was on his sheep and cattle.
Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania Jewett Castello Gilson
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The Mausers soon ceased from troubling, and eventually we entered the fontein.
A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition P. T. Ross
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Bloemfontain, capital of the province, so called from a spring (fontein) on the farm of Jan Bloem, an early
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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