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Witwatersrand

[ wit-waw-terz-rand, -wot-erz- ]

noun

  1. a rocky ridge in southern Africa, in the Republic of South Africa, near Johannesburg.


Witwatersrand

/ vətˈvɑːtərsˈrant; wɪtˈwɔːtəzˌrænd /

noun

  1. a rocky ridge in NE South Africa: contains the richest gold deposits in the world, also coal and manganese; chief industrial centre is Johannesburg. Height: 1500–1800 m (5000–6000 ft) Also calledthe Randthe Reef
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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About a year after Ezra’s find, the mining town of Randsburg sprang up around a big gold find — the town and the mine named optimistically for the immense Witwatersrand gold fields in South Africa.

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Other interpretations focus on the spiritual, rather than social, importance of the animals, said Sam Challis, who heads the Rock Art Research Institute at the University of the Witwatersrand.

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In high school, he saw a magazine article about a game design course opening at the local University of the Witwatersrand.

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“I think all of us can agree it's about time we have change,” says Lerato Setsiba, a computer science student at Johannesburg’s University of Witwatersrand.

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It was only a casual net while studying a sports psychology degree at the University of the Witwatersrand that set him on a new course.

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