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PRETORIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
City in the Transvaal; the seat of the executive branch of the government of South Africa
Synonyms:
capital of South Africa; Pretoria
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
national capital (the capital city of a nation)
Holonyms ("Pretoria" 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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