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Pretoria

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Noun

1. capital of south africa, pretoria

city in the Transvaal; the seat of the executive branch of the government of South Africa

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Pretoria

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noun
a city in N South Africa, the administrative capital of South Africa; formerly capital of Transvaal province: two universities (1873, 1930); large steelworks. Pop: 2 058 789 (2015 est)
. Also called: Tshwane

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Pretoria

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administrative capital of South Africa, in Gauteng province: pop. 526,000

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Pretoria

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The administrative capital of South Africa, in the northeast part of the country north of Johannesburg. Founded in 1855, it became the capital of Transvaal in 1860 and capital of South Africa in 1910.

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