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JOHANNESBURG
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
City in the northeastern part of South Africa near Pretoria; commercial center for diamond and gold industries
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
Holonyms ("Johannesburg" is a part of...):
Republic of South Africa; South Africa (a republic at the southernmost part of Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1910; first European settlers were Dutch (known as Boers))
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