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gauteng

/xaʊˈteŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.81 in modern English

Syllables
Gou-teng
IPA
/xaʊˈteŋ/
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A province of South Africa. Capital: Johannesburg.

name

A colloquial name for the city of Johannesburg.

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Synonyms

Golden City eGoli

Rhymes With

ng eng feng peng meng sheng leng geng keng dreng skeng sneng

Questions

How do you pronounce gauteng?
The recorded pronunciation is /xaʊˈteŋ/.
What does gauteng mean?
A province of South Africa. Capital: Johannesburg.
Where does gauteng come from?
It is traced to Afrikaans.

How to pronounce gauteng

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