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Gauteng.

A province of South Africa. Capital: Johannesburg.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name/xaʊˈteŋ/General-South-African
  1. A province of South Africa. Capital: Johannesburg.

  2. A colloquial name for the city of Johannesburg.

    South-Africa
Where this word comes from

From Sotho iGauteng (“place of gold”), from gauda or gauta (“gold”, from Afrikaans goud, cognate with English gold) + teng (“here, there; inside”).

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