WITWATERSRAND

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A rocky region in the southern Transvaal in northeastern South Africa; contains rich gold deposits and coal and manganese

Synonyms:

Rand; Reef; Witwatersrand

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

part; region (the extended spatial location of something)

Holonyms ("Witwatersrand" is a part of...):

Transvaal (a province of northeastern South Africa originally inhabited by Africans who spoke Bantu; colonized by the Boers)