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nouna province of northeastern South Africa originally inhabited by Africans who spoke Bantu; colonized by the Boerspart of:
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- reef a rocky region in the southern Transvaal in northeastern South Africa; contains rich gold deposits and coal and manganese
- rand a rocky region in the southern Transvaal in northeastern South Africa; contains rich gold deposits and coal and manganese
- pretoria city in the Transvaal; the seat of the executive branch of the government of South Africa
- witwatersrand a rocky region in the southern Transvaal in northeastern South Africa; contains rich gold deposits and coal and manganese
- combretum appiculatum small deciduous tree of the Transvaal having spikes of yellow flowers
- boskop man possible early Homo sapiens represented by a cranium found in the Transvaal; formerly considered a separate species
- bush willow small deciduous tree of the Transvaal having spikes of yellow flowers
- capital of south africa city in the Transvaal; the seat of the executive branch of the government of South Africa
- boer war either of two wars: the first when the Boers fought England in order to regain the independence they had given up to obtain British help against the Zulus (1880-1881); the second when the Orange Free State and Transvaal declared war on Britain (1899-1902)