Associations to the word «Transvaal»

Wiktionary

TRANSVAAL, proper noun. Geographical region in South Africa between the Vaal and Limpopo rivers. Was a province until 1994.

Dictionary definition

TRANSVAAL, noun. A province of northeastern South Africa originally inhabited by Africans who spoke Bantu; colonized by the Boers.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats